142 TAeWisDOM of GOD Parti. 

 Earth, and is fain to dig herfelf a Dwelling 

 there ; and {he making her Way thro' fo thick 

 an Element, which will not eafily yield as the 

 Water and Air do, it had been dangerous to 

 draw fo long a Train behind her; for her Ene- 

 my might fall upon her Rear, and fetch her 

 out before fhe had perfed:ed and got full Pof- 

 feffion of her Works : Which being fo, what 

 more palpable Argument of Providence than 

 (he? 



Another Inftance in Quadrupeds might be 

 the Tamandua ox Aftt-Bear^ defcrib'd by Marc- 

 grave and PifOy who faith of them, that they 

 are Night-walkers, and feek their Food by 

 Night. Being Jcept tame, they are fed with 

 Fleiih, but it muft be minced fmall, becai^fe they 

 have not only a flender and fharp Head and 

 Snout, but alfo a narrow and toothlcfs Mouth j 

 their Tongue is like a great Lute-firing (as big 

 as a Goofe-quill) round, and in the greater Kind 

 (for there are two Species) more than two Foot 

 long, and therefore lies doubled in a Chanel 

 between the lower Parts of the Cheeks. This 

 when hungry they thruft forth, being well 

 moiftned, and lay upon the Trunk of Trees, 

 and when it is covered with Ants^ fuddenly draw 

 it back into their Mouths ; if the Ants lie fo 

 deep that they cannot come at them, they dig up 

 the Earth with their long and ftrong Claws, 

 wherewith for that Purpofe their Fore- feet are 

 armed. So we fee how their Parts are fitted 

 for this Kind of Diet, and no other j for the 

 catching of it, and for the eating of it, it re- 

 quiring 



