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ffificentius Pinzonus (u). Monflnfum iHud Animal FuL- 
pino Roflro^ Cercopitheci Caudk^ Vefpertilioms Aurilus^ 
Mamhm HumaniSi VedihiuSimiam iemulans, {z\l\\Feter 
Martyr {w). Cor pore vero ac FeJihus Melis^ tliQ Mexi- 
can Hiftory (c}. Fidetur autem hoc Ammal hferme^ 
dium ejfe inter Leporem ac Vulpem^ fed alter tus generis 
ah utroque oh Crumenan, faith Cardan (^). Eft Fiver r^B 
facie ac magnitudine^ Capjte Fulpino, fiith fuL C^fSca* 
liger (r). Opaffum Capite Porcellum, Cauda. Glirem refe* 
rens^' Mole modicum Felem^ laith Joh, de Laet (m). Bar* 
ham Feltnam hahet^ laith ?ifo {h), Cauda Coluhrin(B 
^milis^ Hernandez (c). I iliall omit moreloftances which 
might be given. Nor is it that I dodifapproveof thefe 
Ailuiions upon the whok ; but when they call it Animal 
Monflrofum, as ?, Martyr (m?) t, or Pro^igiojum^ as Fine. 
Pinzonus iu\ and Hieron, Benzon, (y); I think 'tis only 
our Ignorance makes the Admiration^ and that Admira^. 
ration forms the Monfter ; for Nature, in her regular ; 
Adings, produces no fiich Species of Aojmais. 
In our Defcription of this Animal^ we will firft give 
the Dimeofions of this we diflecaed ; aod then proceed 
to other Particulars. As from the Extremity of the 
Nofe^ to the Tip of tliQlail^ it meakiredOneaod Thir» 
ty Inches ; The Length of the Head was Six Inches : 
The tail was One Foot long : The Neck aod the Body 
was. the Cbmplement of the Firft Dimeahoo : The 
Girth of the Body^ now 'dead, was Fifreeo Inches and an 
Half; when alive and well, rt leemed much thicker : 
The Fore-Legs were Six laches long ; tht Hinder- Legs 
.but Four Inches aoji ao Ha!f The Girth of the /^i/, near 
the Rcor, was Three Inches ; near the Tip but One loch : 
(u) Navigatio inter Novi Orbis Scriptr. %6, (w) Ocean Vecctd. i. lib. po 
(x) De Rerum Varietate, Cap, 93. _/>. igi. fy) Hieron. Benzon. Hifl, 
f4ovi Orbis, Lib, 2.]^« 52. spvid Thecdor. de Bry Americ. fitrs omta. 
