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 be drawn; and as large Hores reach their full Size in a much horter Time than thoe of a delicate Make, o they are horter lived, and old even at Fifteen."

Pag. 25.

(8.) Methinks I ee between carnivorous and frugivorous Animals another Difference till more general than that laid down in the Note (5.) ince it extends even to Birds. This Difference conits in the Number of their Young, which never exceeds two at a Litter with thoe kinds that live upon Vegetables, but is generally greater with thoe of Prey. It is no hard Matter to gues the Intentions of Nature in this Repect by the Number of Teats, which is never more than two in Females of the firt kind, as the Mare, the Cow, the She-Goat, the Doe, the Sheep, &c. and always ix or eight in the other Females, as the Bitch, the She-Cat, the She-Wolf, the Tygres, &c. The Hen, the Gooe, the Duck, which are all carnivorous Birds, as likewie the Eagle, the Sparrow-Hawk, the Owl, do likewie lay and hatch a great Number of Eggs, a Thing never known