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Jirji ^f all getting up on its Feet and walkings as if 

 it had heard that its Legs were given it for that 

 furpofcy next Jhaking off the Slime it was befmeard 

 with from the Womb-, and moreover^ thirdly^ 

 fcratching its Side with one of its Feet ; then we 

 faw itfmelling to every one ofthofe things that were 

 Jet in the Room ; and when it had [melt to them ally 

 it fupfd up the Milk j whereupon we all for Ad- 

 miration cry*d outy feeing clearly the Truth of what 

 Hippocrates 7^/7/6, that the Natures and ABiom 

 of Animals are not taught (but by InJlinB.) Here- 

 upon I nourifjd and reard this Kidy and obfervd 

 it afterwards not only to eat Milky but fome other 

 things that flood by it. And the I'ime when this 

 Kid was taken out of the Womb being about the 

 Vernal Equinox , after fome two Months , were 

 brought into it the tender Sprouts of Shrubs and 

 PlantSy and it again fmelling of all of them y inflant- 

 ly refusd fomey but was pleas' d to tajle others -, and 

 after it had tajledy began to eat of fuch as are the 

 ufual Food of Goats, Fer chance this may feem a 

 fmall things but what I ft: all now relate is great \ 

 for eating the heaves and tender Sprout Sy it jwaU 

 low'd them downy and then a while after it began 

 to chew the Cud, which all that faw cryd out again 

 with Admirationy being aftoniftdd at the InftinBs 

 and natural Faculties of Animals ; for it was a. 

 great thing that when the Creature was hungry it 

 ftoould take in the Food by the Mouthy and chew it 

 with its Teeth , but that it ftould brijigup again in- 

 " to the Mouth that which it had fwallow d down in- 

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