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about fifty Pounds ; that they ufualiy Jive to the 
Age of twenty Years j but Francus, ad Se£t. VIII, 
fays, they live thirty or forty Years, and that he heard 
of a tame one being kept feventy-eight Years : Per- 
haps the European may generally be longer liv’d 
than the American. Dr. Sarraftn fays farther, that 
a great Way North thefe Animals are very black, 
though there are fome white ones to be feen j thofe 
in Canada are commonly brown, but their Colour 
grows lighter, as they are found in more temperate 
Countries ; for they are yellow, and even almoft of a 
Straw-colour in. the Country ofth e-Ilinois and Cbao- 
vanons . Our Author then gives a very particular Ac-f 
count of the feveral Parts External and Internal of 
this Animal : He takes efpecial Notice of the Sto- 
mach, which, he fays, is above a Foot long, and 
about four Inches broad in the Part next to the Spleen ; 
that at about two Thirds of its Length, it is con- 
trafted to half its former Capacity for an Inch in 
Length ; that then it widens again to three Inches 
towards the Pylorus, which is raifed very high, is 
round, and drawn towards the Spleen by a Mem- 
brane which adheres to the Aifophagus by its other 
End. Tho’ this Dilatation feems to make a fecond 
Stomach, it only fervesto retain the Aliments a lon- 
ger time, efpecially the more folid, as the Wood, 
which only undergoes a flight Extraction, palling 
through with very little Alteration, whereas Herbs, 
Fruits and Roots are perfectly difl'olved. The 
Membranes of the Stomach are very thin, fo that 
this fecond Part will fcarce bear being diftended 
with Wind. 
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