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Fllny^Rondeletim^Gefner^fohnflon^ot Aldrovandusfii any Other of the an- 
cient or modern Halieucical writers. All is found Pbilofophy, Art and 
Nature, matter of Fa(ft and confirmed by much experience, 
Tbefe his Inftanccs Camongft many others of note J are peculiarly 
remarkable : That the (lately Hart,/?. 24. the fearful Kare,p 40. and the 
cunning Otter^p 5d. have f ail of thennj as many deep Subtilties and 
crafts, to make the dogs leave the Chafe, as any old Fox, 49 : That a 
Hare doth naturally know the change of Weather from 24 hours to 24 
hours,/7*39; Ti^i^f Filhdo foreknow the approach of a Ihowr of rain, 
and will then forbear to bite iby which Obfervation.upon the rifing of 
a Cloud, he hath often faved himfelf from being wet to the skin,;?.249: 
That the CW, a delicate FiOi^refembling a Trout, is only to be found 
in the great Lake of Z<^;/f*^/2'iVtf c^W^d fVi^ander were ^ p. 2^7 : That the 
Gnine^d, another excellent Fifli,Js only to be found in a large water, 
.called jPi?»^^/^-w^r^, through which the River Dee ruas ; Dee aboundeth 
with Salmons^ and Pemble-mere with Guine^^dss yet was it never known, 
that any Salmon was caught in the il/(fr^,nor any Gmneadin the River -, 
-^drep.z66: a P/i^if.the Tyrant of Frelh-watcrs, fought with an 
Onerjm a Carp taken , bit a Mule by the lip, as he was drinking bit 
a Maid by the foot, as (he was walhingiand frequently devours his own 
kind,p.269^ yet will do no injury to th^TenQbythc Fi/hes famota Phy» 
^ fit inn : And when the Pike is fick or hart , he applies himfelf to the 
Tench, and finds cure by rubbing himfelf againft hitn> ^'^rc 278; 
TLit the Eyrie of a Peregrine or Haggard-Falcon was never yet found in 
anyCountry,by any man,that he could ever hear or read of^p.iiziThat 
fte takes a largeLiberty to her felf,for her abode, either bySea,orLand, 
and is fo abfolute in her power , that all flying-Fowl (loop under her 
Subjedipni nay, that the T^/W^Z-^m/^, which is her natural .Male, 
dares not fit by her, or come near her refidence, but only in cawking 
Time, and that is in the Spring-, and then, for procreation fake, fiie will 
admit him to come near her with SubmiiBon, which he raanifefts with 
bowing his head at his approach, and by calling, and cowring with his 
Wings, as the young ones dOo in teftimony how fearful he is of incur- 
ring her difpleafure,/).82 ; T^i?^ this generous Falcon flys to fuch a 
height, that being loll to the fight of Mortals, fliefeems to converfe 
with heaven alone i yet fuch is her loyalty and obedience to her Ma- 
fler, that a word from his mouth flial I make her ftoop and condefcend,/?. 
75. Thus much extracted only for a Tafle of the Philofophy of Ani- 
njals s of the Providence,Wit,3nd wiles of Beafts, Fowls, Fifties, d-r. to 
fecure their own fafery •, and (on the other fide) the courage, fagaci- 
ty, gallantry, fidelity and obedience of Dogs and Hawks^to ferve Man» 
kind in theacqueft of his Dominion and Soveraignty over thcLand,the 
Waters, and the Airj as a touch at fome of theirpeculiarities, 
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