1 6 Of Quadrnpedes. Part I. 
~~~ The TAIL of a CASTOR or BEVIR. Of 
a peculiar fhape , being very broad and flat , like 
an Apothecaries Spatula , but much bigger , being ten 
Inches long , and five broad. x Almoft bald , though die 
Beaft very hairy 5 and cancellated with fome refemblance 
to the Scales of Fijhes. Nature having hereby, as well as 
in other refpecls, marked him for an Amphibious Animal. 
00 Gefner The Scythia?is (a) eat the Tail of a Caftor, as a dainty, being 
out of Pom- c ■ c 1 - 
ponius Sabi iometimes as rat as bacon. 
The PISLE-BONE of a CASTOR. So I find it 
infcrib'd. 'Tis very fmooth and folid. In length four 
Inches and \. Chonical , about * Inch over at one end, 
? Inch at the other. At both ends inflected like the let- 
ter S. 
See the Defcription of the Animal in Gefner, and others. 
His parts moft remarkable, are thofe now defcribed, and 
the Cafior-Bag. His Anatomy fee in the Philofophical 
Tranfatlions, N. 4^. Many ftrange Stories of his Inge- 
nuity in Aldrovandus, Wormius, and others. He breeds in 
Italy, France, and other places : but our beft Caftor is from 
thofe of Ruffia. The great and principal ufe whereof 
inwardly, is in Hyfterical and Comatofe Cafes. 
An OTTER. Lutra. See him defcrib'd in Aldrovan- 
dus, isrc. The Toes of his hinder feet, for the better fwim- 
ming, are joyn'd together with a Membrane , as in the 
Bevir. From which he differs principally in his Teeth, 
which are canine 3 and in his Tail, which is feline, or a 
long Taper. So that he may not be unfitly called Puto- 
reus aquaticus , or the Water Polecat. He makes himfelf 
burrows on the water fide, as a Bevir. Is fometimes 
(b) Gefner tamed, (b) and taught, by nimbly furrounding the Fifhes, 
Magnu2 laUS to d rive tnem ^ nto tne Net. In ' Scandinaria they will 
bring the Fifhes into the very Kitchen to the Cook. See 
fome Obfervations of this Animal in the Philof. Tranf. 
N. 124. He breeds everywhere. 
The QUILLS of a PORCUPINE Tela Hiftricis. 
. The Animal is defcribed by Aldrovandus, and others 5 but 
the Quills not fo fully. They are very fmooth, and thick 
as a Goofe-quill. With black and whitifh portions alter- 
nately from end to end. Their Root j of an Inch long. 
Their Point not round, but flat and two-edgVI, like that 
of 
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