lOTsG-TAILED PORCXJPInE. 
velopeilwith a crust; others, which are smal- 
ler, seem to be composed of pieces of straw 
and sand j and the smallest kind, which exceed 
not the size of a nut, appear to be real petri- 
fadtions. ** We have no doubt," says BufFon-, 
as to the truth of these fadls ; for we found 
a bezoar of the first kind, oi an regagropilus, 
in the stomach of a Porcupine which was 
sent to us from Italy." 
Our Long-Tailed Porcupine, which is the 
Hystrix Macroura of Linnseus, has long whis- 
kers ; short and naked ears ; large bright eyes ; 
and a short thick body, covered with long 
stiff hairs as sharp as needles, and of different 
colours, according to the ravs of light falling 
on them. I hc feet are divided into five toes ; 
tdiat which serves as a thumb turning back^ 
wards, to assist in climbing trees. The tail Is 
as long as the body, and vcrv slender to the 
end, which consists of a thick tufi ; and the 
prickles, or spines, are jointed, being thick 
in the middle, rising one out of another like 
grains of rice, and having a transparent silvery 
appearance, 
Thi? 
