HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 44 j 



briftly : The tail is covered with white quills, which are 

 fhort and tranfparent: Its legs are fhort; and it has four 

 toes before, and five behind. 



The Porcupine is found in India, Perfia, and Pales- 

 tine : It is likewife common in all parts of Africa The 



Indians hunt it for its quills, of which they make a kind 

 of embroidery : They alfo eat its flefh. 



There are Porcupines in a wild flare in Spain and 

 Italy, though they are not originally natives of any part 

 of Europe. — Their flefh is fometimes expofed in the mar- 

 kets at Rome, where it is eaten. 



The Italian Porcupines have fhorter quills, and a lefTer 

 creft, than thofe of Afia or Africa. 



The Porcupine is an inoffenfive animal ; lives on fruits, 

 roots, and vegetables ; fleeps during the day, and feeds 

 by night. 



The female goes with young feven months, and brings 



forth one at a time. The drawing of this animal was 



made from the life. 



