1 6 Of Qnadrupedes. Part L 
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. Almoft bald , though the 
Beaft very hairy 3 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. 
(a) Gefner The Scythia?is (a) eat the Tail of a Caftor, as a dainty, being: 
om of Pom- .r • r u 
ponius Sabi iometimes as rat as bacon. 
"us. The PISLE-BONE of a CASTOR. So I find it 
infcrib cl. 'Tis very fmooth and folid. In length four 
Inches and i 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 Gef?ier, and others. 
His parts molt remarkable, are thofe now defcnbed, and 
the Caftor-Bag. His Anatomy fee in the Philofophical 
Tranfa&ions, N. 4^. Many ftrange Stories of his Inge- 
nuity in Aldrovandus, Wormius, and others. He breeds in 
Italy, France, and other places : but our heft Caftor is from 
thofe of Rujfia. 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 Fillies, 
Magnu^ kUS to drive tnem lllto tne Net. In Scandinaria they will 
bring the Fifties into the very Kitchen to the Cook. See 
fome Obfervations of this Animal in the Philof Tranf. 
N. 124. He breeds everywhere. 
The QJJILLS of a PORCUPINE. Tela Hiftrick. 
The Animal is defcnbed by Aldrovandus, and others 3 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 1 of an Inch long. 
Their Point not round, but flat and two-edg 'd, like that 
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