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theft Tophit that are found in Goats'^ and others has 
made difl:inc9: Jreaitfes thereon to whom I refer the 
Curious : and GuL ?ifo {tt) gives a Figure and Defcrip- 
tion of one. 
But our Animal is Carnivorous^ ^^n^ io what all Ac- 
counts agree in, moft Rapacious of the Winged Kind 
and where it can't find its Prey on the Land^ it will 
hunt for it in the Trees 3 mofl: nimbly climbing ih^rD 
up ; and if the tender Bough cannot bear the Weight of 
its Body on its Feet by twitting its tail about the 
»^ Twig, it can hang thereby, and ftrecch it felf the farther, 
to obtain its defired Food, or robaNeft. Nay, if lam 
not mis-informed, by this Means it can Fly, or pafs from 
one Tree to another, without dtftending down | for thus 
hanging by its Tail, and waving andJwioging its Body 
like a fenduhm^ it can fling it lelf into the B )ughs of a 
Neighbouring Tree ; where his Tail is fure to take hit 
hold of the firft Bough it lights on, if otherwife it milles 
his Footing : and, as I have fhewn, his hinder Legs be- 
ing made like Hands, with a Thumb, it can more readi- 
ly raife its Body up by them, 
NoSarrJulum Animal eft (faith de Laet (2: ) ® cum 
c^eteris Avihus^ turn Gailinis infefiijfmum. Georg. Mar» . 
grave (a) faith, Mordax efl^ vefcitur lilenter Gdllinis, 
quas rapit^ ut Vulpes^ ^-Ar lores fcandendo, avihm in- 
fidiatur^ vefcitur quoa^-^ facchari cannis^ quihus fuflentavi 
per quatuor [eptimanas in culiculorneo. So likev^ife Gid. 
Pifo (h) Mor daces funt ut Vulpes earuwif, more Gailinis 
& Columnis non folur/i^ fed Avilus infafligiis Arhorum in* 
fidiantur ; quarum defe^iu Cannis facchareis aliifq\ optimis 
vegetahililus vefcuntur. So that they are not only Car- 
nivorous^ but when need drives them, they can take up 
{tt) Hift. Nat. & MedJi^. 5. P- 327. 
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