Of Ol’ADRUPEDS. 
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PORCUPINE. 
A Porcupine grows to the height of about 
two feet and a half. Its bite is so sharp, that 
no wooden work, as some sav, can withstand 
it. It is so daring, that it will encounter the 
inost dangerous snake. Their common me- 
thod of defence is to lay on one side, and on 
too near an approach of an enemy, to rise 
suddenly and wound him. Its flesh, in those 
countries where it breeds, is esteemed by 
the natives as good food. 
I he Porcupine, although a native of the 
hottest climate of Africa and India, lives and 
multiplies in colder countries, such as Persia, 
& pam, and Italy. 
