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tt elevates it's back, and fprings forwards on it's 
prey with equal quicknefs and addrefs. When 
attacked by a dog, it lies down on it's back, and 
repels the enemy by repeated ftrokes of it's claws. 
This author adds, that in Norway there are four 
fpecies of this animal; that fome of them approach 
the figure of tlie wolf ; others that of the fox ; others 
that of the cat; and, laftly, that there are _ fome 
whofe heads refemble thofe of colts. This laft 
affertion, which appears to be exaggerated and ill 
founded, creates the moft violent fufpicion With 
regard to all the reft: however, the author fubjoins 
fome particulars, which are more probable. ' The 
Lynx,' fays he, ' does not go about the country, 
but conceals himfelf in woods and caverns. He 
makes his retreat deep and v/inding, from which 
he can only be expelled by fire and fmoke. His 
fight is piercing, and he fpies his prey at a very 
o-reat diftance. He often eats no m^ore of a fheep 
or a goat than the brains, the liver, and the intef- 
tines ; and he digs under the doors, in order to 
gain admifiion into the fheep-folds. 
LYRA. A fiHi of the trigla kind, of which 
Artedi and Linnxus enumerate two fpecies : the 
one, the piper or tibicen ; the other, the Lyra cor- 
nuta, or horned harp-fifh. This laft is of an 
oftagonal figure, entirely covered with bony fcales 
of a rhomboidal fhape, each having in it's middle 
a lharp and ftrong prickle bending backwards. 
The body is of a reddifti colour ; the head is very 
large; the fnout divides towards the extremity into 
two long horns, on which are placed two perpen- 
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dicular fpines, and a third above making an acute 
angle with the reft. It has one very long dorfal 
fin, and another anfwcring to it behind the anus ; 
there alfo two large fins at the gills, and twd 
fmaller on the belly. Behind the gill-fins there are 
two long filaments called fingers : the mouth is large, 
but deftitute of teeth ; and there are feveral beards 
on the under-jaw, two of which are longer than 
the reft, and branched. This filh is caught in 
the Mediterranean ; and is a fcarce fpecies in other 
parts. 
LYRA, A beautiful marine fhell of the genus 
of the dolium, or concha globofa. There arc 
three fpecies of the Lyra: the common Lyra or 
harp-fhell with thirteen rofe-coloured ribs run- 
ning along it's body; the eleven-ribbed Lyra; 
and the noble harp, or Lyra nobilis. This laft 
is a moft elegantly variegated fliell : it's ground- 
colour is a deep brown; and it's variegations arc 
very black and elegant. 
LYSIMACHIA-WORM. An infeft fre- 
quently found on the leaves of the Lyfimachia, 
or willow-herb. It has ufually been efteemed a 
caterpillar; but is properly one of the fauffe che- 
nille; having a round head, and twenty-two legs. 
This creature changes it's fkin feveral times, and 
finally becomes of another colour, being at firft a 
blueifh grey, and after it's laft transformation in a 
worm ftate, a yellowifh green. It foon becomes 
a chryfalis; and, after continuing in that ftate 
for the ufual time, it comes forth a four-winged 
fly. 
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MABOUYA. A moft hideous fpecies of 
lizard bred in the Carribbee iflands, and 
probably in fome other parts of America which 
lie under the torrid zone. It feldom exceeds a 
foot in length; but is the moft deformed and 
iiolv of any of it's difgufting tribe, and hence has 
obtained the name of the devil-lizard. When 
the tail is amputated, it bears a very ftriking re- 
femblance to a toad. The toes are flat, broad, 
and rounded; very difproportionably divided ; and 
the extremity of each is furniftied with a fmall 
claw like the fting of a wafp. 
Thefe animals generally perch on the branches 
of trees, and fometimes afcend the tops of houfes; 
but are feldom feen on the ground. When in- 
cenfed, they fly on the aflailant, and ftick clofe to 
his body; however, they are never known to bite 
or injure any perfon. In the night, their noife is 
hideous and terrifying, particularly before a change 
of weather. 
MACAQUO. An animal of the monkey 
kind, fo called by the natives of Congo; and by 
Ray, Cercophiticus Angolenfis major, the great 
Angola monkey. The colour of the hair fome- 
times refembles that of the wolf; and fometimes 
it is brown, tinged with yellow or olive. The 
noftrils are elate, and divided like thofe of the 
hare; the head is fliaped like that of the bear; 
and the eyes are fmall. 
The buttocks of this animal are deftitute of 
hair, and on thefe it frequently fits ered:. It al- 
ways carries it's tail bent into a kind of arch. 
The length of the body is about a foot; the tail 
is fomewhat fhorter than the body; the legs are 
pretty long ; and the teeth are very white. This 
creature is extremely lively and adlive; and it's 
voice, which is ftirill, feems to exprefs the fylla- 
bles Hah! hah! 
In Angola there is another variety of this ani- 
mal, called the black Macaquo from it's colour, 
which is entirely black, except that on many 
parts of the back and fides fome greyifh hairs are 
perceptible. The tail is upwards of two feet in 
length. 
MACAW, OR MACCAW. A beautiful race 
of birds of the parrot kind, but confiderably 
larger. Some ornithologifts include the cocka- 
toos under this tribe ; but the more accurate dif- 
criminators of nature confider them as diftind fpe- 
cies of the parrot genus. 
Macaw, Blue and Yellow. This bird is 
equal in fize to a domeftic cock: the bill is 
arched, the upper part being hooked, and hanging 
over the lower; the noftrils are placed at the bafe 
of the upper mandible in a white bare fkin, which 
extends itfelf to the fides of the head, round the 
eyes, and a confiderable fpace beneath them: 
thefe white bare plats of fkin on the fides of the 
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