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whence they haunt the woods upon the moors d : they are found in 
greater plenty in the north betwixt Lancefton and Stratton, as if 
they were apprehenfive of wanting room to range if they advanced 
into the narrow weftern parts. 
Of badgers, otters, hares, foxes, rabbits, and other wild inferior qua- s e ct. v. 
drupeds, Cornwall has its fhare, but nothing particular : I fhall only 
obferve, that they will get rid of their wildnefs by time and gentle ufage, 
of which tame foxes which have been trained up like fpaniels to attend 
their mafter, and rabbits ufed to chambers, frequently convince us ; 
but the moft remarkable inftance I have met with of the force of 
cuftom in this point, is that of a hare, which had not only fhook 
off its wildnefs, but the fearfulnefs fo natural to, and almoft infe- 
parable from this creature : It was fo familiar, that it took bread 
out of my hand the firft time I faw it c ; it lay down under a chair 
in the parlour, and was in all refpects as gentle, free, and eafy as 
a lap-dog : It went out into the garden now and then, and after 
regaling itfelf with the herbage, returned into the houfe as its pro- 
per habitation. The mafter f had an old fpaniel and a greyhound, 
both fo fond of hare-hunting that they would by concert go out 
together frequently upon the fcent, and had been obferved to kill 
many hares without the direction of huntfman or other aftiftance ; 
the greyhound in particular was once difcovered by a neighbour fol- 
lowing his mafter (who knew nothing of it) with a hare in his 
mouth ; with thefe two dogs, fo fond of their ufual prey at other 
times, the tame hare fpent his evenings by the fame fire, and fre- 
quently refted in their bofom. 
It is faid f , that even a Norway bear has for many years been 
known to follow the herds of cattle like a centinel, and to ftand 
tamely by, as the maid was milking, and that he always drove the wolf 
away. The fame author informs us, that the otter may be made 
tame, and ufed to a houfe, by being fed with milk, and become in 
time a daily fifher for his mafter, go out on command, and bring 
in one fifh after another into the kitchen *. 
Other properties of brutes are ftill more worthy of our notice. Firft, s e ct. vi. 
The great variety of fhape and colour obfervable in the quadrupeds 
prevents any two from being exactly alike, as much as the human of quadm- 
features diftinguifh mankind one from another. Wherefore then peds ‘ 
was this variety bellowed upon brutes? Are they at all fenfible 
of fuch diverfity? Are they the more happy, or more ufeful to one 
d Leland mentions them, vol. VII. page 117, f The Rev d . Mr. Newcomb, Rector of Ulogan. 
about Dofmery Pool. f Pontopp. part 11. page 14. 
« Auguft 20, 1738, at Illogan parfonage. * Ibid, page 27. 
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