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tion of their young ones, it would be particularly ſo among thoſe Animals who live upon nothing but Graſs, becauſe the Mother requires more Time to feed that Way, and is all the while obliged to neglect her Offspring, whereas the Prey of a Female Bear or Wolf is devoured in an Inſtant, and ſhe has therefore, without ſuffering from Hunger, more Time to ſuckle her Litter. This Obſervation is confirmed by the relative Number of Teats and young ones, which diſtinguiſhes the carnivorous from the frugivorous Kinds, and of which I have already ſpoken in Note (8.) If this Obſervation is juſt and general, a Woman's having but two Breaſts, and ſeldom bearing more than one Child at a Time, furniſhes one Reaſon more, and a ſtrong one, for doubting if the Human Species is naturally carnivorous; ſo that to draw Mr. Locke's Concluſion, it would ſeem requiſite entirely to invert his Argument. There is as little Solidity in the ſame Diſtinction when applied to Birds, for who can believe the Union of Male and Female is more durable among Vultures and Ravens than among Doves. We have two Species of domeſtic Birds, the Duck and the Pigeon, which afford us Examples diametri-