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elude their violence by flratagems and force. 
Thus the hare often confounds the dog by her 
windings. 
When the hear attacks jheep and cattle, 
they draw up together for mutual defence. 
Horfes joyn heads together, and fight with 
their heels. Oxen joyn tails, and fight with 
their horns. 
Swine get together in herds, and boldly op- 
pofe themfelves to any attack, fo that they are 
not eafily overcome ; and it is worth while to 
obferve, that all of them place their young, as 
lefs able to defend themfelves, in the middle, 
that they may remain fafe during the battle. 
Birds by their different ways of flying often- 
times efcape the hawk If the pigeon had the 
fame way of flying as the hawk fhe would 
hardly ever efcape his claws °. 
It deferves alfo to be remarked, how much 
fome animals confult their fafety by night. 
When horfes fleep in woods, one by turns re- 
mains awake, and, as it w r ere, keeps watch. 
When monkies , S. N. 2. 10. in Brafil fleep 
upon 
0 As i have, when opportunities offered, meafured and 
weighed feveral kinds of birds, i fhall here fubjoyn a table 
of fome of them with the proportions of the weight to the 
fail. N. B. By fail i mean the extent of the wings and tail. 
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