LONG-TAILED PORCUPTNf.. 
pine, far less affinity to the Beaver, or the 
Hare, than to the Hedgehog, or even to the 
Hog. With respc6l to the Hedgehog, it is, 
in our opinion, very nearly allied to the Por- 
cupine, in it's appearance, it's manners, and 
it's ha'bits; though we mean not to contend, 
that they ate precisely of the same species. In 
the Hog, though resemblances may be traced, 
by those who incline to seek them, the kindred 
is so very remote as to render hopeless any 
family claim. 
Of the Porcupine, there are several varie- 
ties, and some of them are extrem.ely different 
from others. The following observations,' 
however^ may be considered as applicable to 
the whole tribe. 
Travellers and natr.Talists, ^' savs Buf^jn, 
** have attributed to the Porcupine the pjo- 
perty of dartmg it's quills to a; distance^nd 
with such force as to inflidl deep wounds ; 
they have likewise said, that the quills,, when 
S*eparated from the body of the animal, possess 
the extraordinary power of penetrating, by 
then: owii proper exertion, deeper into the 
flesh 
