be drawn; and as large Horſes reach their full Size in a much ſhorter Time than thoſe of a delicate Make, ſo they are ſhorter lived, and old even at Fifteen."
Pag. 25.
(8.) Methinks I ſee between carnivorous and frugivorous Animals another Difference ſtill more general than that laid down in the Note (5.) ſince it extends even to Birds. This Difference conſiſts in the Number of their Young, which never exceeds two at a Litter with thoſe kinds that live upon Vegetables, but is generally greater with thoſe of Prey. It is no hard Matter to gueſs the Intentions of Nature in this Reſpect by the Number of Teats, which is never more than two in Females of the firſt kind, as the Mare, the Cow, the She-Goat, the Doe, the Sheep, &c. and always ſix or eight in the other Females, as the Bitch, the She-Cat, the She-Wolf, the Tygreſs, &c. The Hen, the Gooſe, the Duck, which are all carnivorous Birds, as likewiſe the Eagle, the Sparrow-Hawk, the Owl, do likewiſe lay and hatch a great Number of Eggs, a Thing never known
