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fore, that the fadl advanced concerning the in-* 

 fecundity of females whofe feelings are exqui- 

 "te, is too general, and admits of many excep- 

 tions. But the example of dogs and cats, in- 

 ftead of being an exception, is rather a confir- 

 mation of the general rule ; for, in the bitch, 

 however violent the convulfions of the internal 

 organs may be fuppofed, they have full time to 

 be appeafed during the long interval between 

 confummation and the retreat of the male, who 

 cannot detach himfelf till the turgidity and irri- 

 tation of the parts fubfide. The female cat is 

 in a fimilar fituation. Of all females, fhe ap- 

 pears to be moft ardent in her amours ; for 

 fhe calls to the males with lamentable cries, 

 which announce the moft prefiing neceffity. 

 But, as in the dog, from a particular conforma- 

 tion of the male cat, this violent female never 

 mifles conceprion. Her defires, which are excef- 

 five, are necelianly tempered wirh a pain almoft 

 equally acute. The glans of the male cat is co- 

 vered with larc;e (harp prickles. The inrromif- 

 fion of it, therefore, muft be extremelv pain- 

 fnl to the female, who announces her fuQ'erings 

 bv loud cries. The pain is fo gieat, that fhe 

 inO.mtly rti'ikes every effort to efcape, and the 

 male, to retain her, is obliged to feize her by the 

 necK vi^h his teeth, and to compell fubmiflion 

 from the very female who had invited his em- 

 braces. 



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