12 of 'B?utess-, or, 
Herodotus obferveth. There are in Creatures di- 
ftinft Sexes, and they remain fo. AH4f<?isnot 
now a Male , anon a Female ; hence we imagine 
fo many Hermaphrodites amongft Creatures. Ufe- 
ful creatures are generated in a fhort time, as Sheep 
in 5 moneths time , Harts \n 8 Moneths time , Ox- 
en 9 Moneths , Sovies in 2 , ~Dogs and Cms in 6 o 
dayes ; ^\xx. Elephants 2 years ; Lyons , Wolves , and 
Beares 3 yeares ; fome Creatures live longer than 
others, Elephant ^00 y a Camel 100 y iHorfe 
50, a Daw 40, a Peacockjy 25, Oxen y Dogs y 
and Hogs i o , Partridges 17 , Sheep 1 2, Goats i o. 
Hares and Micty 6 yeares. 
Concerning the Senfttive Power of Brutes. Brutes 
dof excel man in fevcral outward Senfes. The 
Boare for hearing , the ^pe for tafte , the Raven 
for fmelHng ^ the Spider for Touch. God hath alfo 
given beafts inward fenfes,they can fee objefts,and 
diliinguifli between them by their Phancy,and they 
can remember them, but yet they have not right 
reafon, what they do is in imitation, and hav6 
only fliadows of Virtue $ their building Nefts , fee- 
king food, prognofticating of weather, are effefts 
of their inward fenfes , which the minuteft animals 
have, as appeareth in the artificial contexture of 
the Spiders-Weby and in the Pifmires a- 
gainft Winter ; but in fome Creatures thefe fenfes 
are more acute, in Fi^es the Nerves are not fo quick 
of Senie , they perceive little pain from any 
wound that is given them. No Creature can be 
without touch* The hath no Sight , but it 
kath feeling. The*S'»^//difcovgreth his way by 
