DODO. 
named it Vv^algh-Vogel, or the Disgusting 
Bird ; both on account of it*s ugly figure, and 
the rankness of it's smell: the flesh, however, 
is said to be good and wholesome food. It is 
remarkable, that the Portuguese first called 
this island, Ilha do Cirne, or the Island of 
Swans; probably, because of the many Do- 
dos which they had seen, and which they had 
mistaken for swans. Indeed, Ray, Willugh- 
bv, and other eminent naturalists, have called 
it Cygnus CucuUatus ; the Capuchined Swan. 
Naturalists are by no means agreed to consider 
the beautiful bird of Nazareth as a Dodo, 
and some have even disclaimed it's affinity to 
the Solitary, or Hermit. 
The Dodo, as the Hooded Dodo is simply 
denominated, seems clogged bv it's unwieldy 
carcase, which it can hardly colle6l strength 
enough to drag along. It consists, we may 
philosophically say, of brute passive matter, 
where the living organic particles are too spa- 
ringly disseminated. It has wings, but they 
arc too short and feeble to raise it from the 
ground; it has a tail, but it is disproportioned, 
and out of place. We might, observes Buf- 
fon. 
