Of Quadrupede s. Part I, 
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The TAIL of a C A S T OII or B E VI R. Of 
a peculiar ihape, being very broad and flat , hke 
an Apothecaries Spatula, but much bigger, being ten 
Incites long, and five broad. Almoft bald, though the 
Beaft very hairy 5 and cancellated with fome refentblance 
to the Scales of Fijhes. Nature having hereby, asw ell as 
in other refpeccs, marked him for an Amphibious Animal. 
mtofpom- ^* e Scythians (a) eat the Tail of a Caftor , as a dainty, being 
ponius Sabi- fometimes as iat as bacon. 
nus - The PIS L E-B O N E of a C A S T O R. So I find it 
infcrib’d. ’Tis very fmooth and folid. In length four 
Inches and I. Chonical, about i Inch over at one end, 
I Inch at the other. At both ends inflected like the let¬ 
ter S. 
Sec the Defcription of the Animal in Gefner, , and others. 
His parts molt remarkable, are thofe now deferibed, and 
the Caftor-Bag. His Anatomy fee in the Philofophical 
Tranfafions, N. \y. Many ftrange Stories of his Inge¬ 
nuity in Aldrovandus,Womiius, and others. He breeds in 
Italy, France, and other places: but our belt Caflor is from 
thofe of Ru/fia. The great and principal ufe whereof 
inwardly, is in Hyfterical and Comatofe Cafes. 
An OTTER. Lutra. See him deferib’d m Aldravan- 
dus, istc. Tite Toes of his hinder feet, for the better fwim- 
ming, are joyn’d together with a Membrane, as in the 
Bevir. From which he differs principally m his Teeth, 
which are canine 5 and in his Tail, which is feline, ora 
long Taper. So that he may not be unfitly called Puto- 
reus aquaticus, or the Water Polecat. He makes himfelf 
burrows on the water fide, as a Bevir. Is fometimes 
(b) Gefner tamed, (b) and taught, by nimbly furrounding the Fillies, 
Magnus, to drive them into the Net. In Scandinaria they will 
bring the Fifties into the very Kitchen to the Cook, See 
fome Obfervations of this Animal in the Philof. Tranf 
A". 124. He breeds every where. 
The QJJILLS of a PORCUPINE. Tela Hiftricis. 
The Animal is deferibed by Aldrovandus, and others 5 but 
the Quills not fo fully. They are very fmooth, and thick 
as a Goofe-quill. With black and whitifh portions alter¬ 
nately from end to end. Their Root 1 of an Inch long. 
Their Point not round, but flat and two-edg’d, like that 
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