a82 THE PHILOSOPHY 



never hatched till the various plants on which they feed, though 

 they grow in difFerent months, have put forth their leaves. 



We fhall conclude this fubjed, by giving a Table of the Relative 

 Fecundity, &c. of Animals, which, in a ftiort compafs, folves a 

 number of queftions with regard to the natural hiftory of quadru- 

 peds. It is taken from the eighth volume of the Tranflation of Buf- 

 fon, to whofe authority moft readers will be inclined to give great 

 weight. 



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