12 
Of Quadruped 
es. 
Part I. 
'Tis obferved by Aldrovandus, That a Bear hath Hair 
on both the Eye-lids, as a Man, which other Quadrupedes 
have not. Natalis Comes (cited by the fame Author) com- 
paring his parts with thofe of a Man, reckons his C laves 
among them, which are much more like to thofe of a 
Lion. So eafie it is, to drive on the comparifon too far, 
to make it good. 
The FOOT of a white Qroenland BEAR, which 
(a) Quoted is half a foot broad. Vadianns (a) faw a Bear-skin five 
by Gefner. £ ca \ on g f anc { broader than a Bulls Hide. The Bear to 
which this Foot did belong, might be as big. 
A LEOPARDS SKIN. 'Tis a yard broad. From 
the Snout to the hinder end of the Tail near three yards. 
The Tail a yard. See the Defcription of the Animal in Al- 
drovandus, isc. 
If they are well compar d, he is every way, in lhape, 
like a Cat : his Head, Teeth, Tongue, Feet, Claws, Tail, all 
like a Cats. , His actions alfo like a Cats 3 he boxes with 
his fore-feet, as a Cat doth her Kit/ins 3 Leaps at the Prey, 
as a Cat at a Moufe$ and will alfo fpit much after the fame 
manner. So that they feem to differ, jufl as a Kite doth 
from an Eagle. 
The Leopard ( and all of this kind ) as he goes , al- 
ways keeps the Claws of his fore-feet turned up from the 
ground, and fheath'd as it were in the Skin of his Toes, 
whereby he preferves them lharp for Rapine, extending 
them only, when he leaps at the Prey. See fomewhat to 
this purpofe in Gefner, out of Pliny. 
He is begotten by a Lion, upon a Panther, (b) which 
hath her name from her being fo fierce. Yet in Tartary 
they keep Leopards tame, and breed them up for hunting 
of Deer, and other Bealfs 3 efpecially for the Great Chat/is 
ufe. (c) They are molt numerous in Africa and Syria, 
The SKULL of a young TIGER. Bothastothe 
Teeth, and otherwife it well refembles that of a Cat. Except 
that in the room of theTranfvers Suture in a C^,there is one 
in the figure of a great Y 3 fo wonderfully clofe and firm, as 
theBones feem to be contmuous.Except alfo the outward Si- 
nus's of the lower Jaw,where the Mufculi Temporales and the 
Manforiiprimi are inferted : as being,r.ateably, much deeper 
than in a Cats 3 and fo better fitted to receive thofe Mufcules 
which are here alfo much more robuft. Two 
0) Aldro 
vandus. 
(c) Gefner 
out of ?au- 
lus Venetus. 
