Part L 
Of Quadrupedes, 
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two over , and fwelling out from his Belly one and i 
Standing before his Groin about as much. I find it cut 
open, whereby the obfervation of its natural Aper- 
ture ( which I fuppofe it hath as the Caftor-Bag ) is pre- 
vented. 
He hath 2 6 Teeth. In his lower Chap, fixteen 5 of which 
there are eight little Cuters before 3 behind, four Grinders 
on each fide, rugged and continuous. As many like Grin- 
ders in the upper Jaw. About an inch and ? from the 
Nofe end, in the fame Jaw, on each fide a Tusk, two 
inches and Hong, hooked downward, and backward, and 
ending in a point. Not round, but flat, the breadth of j 
an inch, thin, and having a fharp edge behind: fo as 
it may not unfitly be liken d to a Sithe. There are no 
Horns. 
The Hair of this Animal, by its foftnefs and rarity, are 
a Angular contrivance of Nature to keep him warm. For 
all Garments, the fofter and rarer they are, (V par.) they 
are the warmer. For the fame caufe, the Hair on his Back, 
is alfo the longer! 3 fc . for the better protection of the Spi- 
nalis Medulla, His two Tusks, by the Figure, appear to 
ferve for fighting partly, and partly for feeding 3 by the 
help whereof he is able either to flub up edible Roots out 
of the ground, or to tear off the Barques, or break down 
the Boughs of Trees. By the help of his great Ears, he hears 
his approaching enemy the further off, to make his flight. 
So alfo the Hare, being a fearful Animal, hath the like. 
Nature hath furniihed him with great heels, both to en- 
able him to make the greater leaps, and to light alfo upon 
his Feet the more fafely, for by their means, the force of 
his weight is gradually broken. 
Scaligers miftakes (a) about this Animal, are principally (?) Exerci- 
thefe two 3 In faying his Tusks grow out of his nether tat * 2 
Jaw 3 and in calling the Musk, A poftemated Blood. For 
he might as well call Civet and Caftor the Blood of thofe 
Animals that yield them. And if it were apoltemated, it 
would not be feparated from the Flefh, but contiguous to 
it : whereas it is plain, that the Musk was here inclofed 
on all fides, in an entire Cyftis or Bag made by nature for 
that purpofe. 
The VELVET HORNES of a Greenland Roe* 
Bucks 
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