kept fo clofe to the body, by the infertioii of that ftrong 
ligament into the Pole from the back, which in Animals, 
that 2,vQ^prono Capita, is of extraordinary ufe, and much 
adds to the ftrength of this Animal. 
The Colour of the body was grifly; being befet with 
brijiles, which were thicker then thofe of a ho^, and lefler 
thanthofeofa/'^^-A^?^, but like thofeof a^F/^^?"^^^' 
the quills of a Porcupine, they were variegated with white 
and black ringes. y^?/. a Cofla makes them like thefe, to 
be weapoES too. Irritati (^faith hej SetasyUt novacula, 
acutas erigunt, quihus inJeUores Juos fauciunt periculojiffi- 
me {niJiiSus declinent. But I more then fufped: the truth of 
thisaffertion. The ^^Z/)/ was almoft bare. T\iQ,briftles on 
the fides fhorter, and gradually encreafing in length,as 
they approach the ridge of the back, here fome were five 
Inches long. Between the eares on the head was a large 
tuft of thefe brifl:Ies i which were moft part black. G. 
Pifo is out, who makes thefe Setce on the back, folito bre- 
vioresy & moUiores ^ and Fulcoburgius much m<ore in the 
right j who izith, Set ce longiores^quam pro corporis propor^ 
tione, nigne, hinc inde macnlis candidis diJiinS^e, 
The Eares were about two inches and ahalf 
long and pricking up. The^y^j- (as they areufuallyin 
Piggs) but fmallj from the lower Ci^w^^^^j- to the end of 
the nofe, fix inches. The Nofe like that of a Hogs. The 
mouth not large. The fide of the lower lip made fmooth, 
as it were by the rubbing of slTus^ in tlnQ upper Jaw. 
The Teeth I will defcribe with the Sceleton. The Feet 
andC/^21?^/ perfedly as in the common only the 
upper Claws on the fame foot proportionally longer; 
being one inch quarter and a half long ; whereas the true 
Claws were Scarce one inch and an halfe . ^ Oviedus faith, 
ungulas non partitas five bifulcas habent. And^ Peter Mar 
tyr, as he is quoted by Gesner, tells us ; they are Cloven 
a Apud Tho. Barcbolira. Hifi:. Anat. ^6. Cent. 2. bOv'iedusin fuirimarlo In- 
dia; Occiderval. P. Martyr. Oceana: decad. i.' 2. 
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