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rontll of Exelcr, whieh
f~nds
IWOmcmbcrs
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plltlia.
ment : W. long . 4°, and N. lal. 50°
25'·
DARWENT, a
riv~r,
wllich, rifillg in tht Peak of Dar·
bylhirc, runs fromnonh la fOÚlh lhroughthal COUnt y,
antl f,lIs inlOthe Trenl.
D:\SYPVS.
lheA
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LLO, inznology, agenus of qua·
druped, belonging
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lheorder of bruta. Thed,fypus
ha, neilher fore·lr.ethnor d"g·teelh;
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iseovcred wilh
a hard boneyIhell, inlerfcDen \Vilh nillinél moveable
7.ones or behs: This lhell eovers lhe head, lheneck, Ihe
b,ck, Ihe flanks, antl ex tends even
lO
lhe extrenlllY of
Ihe lail; Ibe only p, ns to "hich il does nOI cxtend,
are Ihe Ihroal, Ihe brean, annlhe bdly, \\hieh are ca·
vered wilh a whiliOl Ocin
01'
a coarfe grain, refembling
Ihal of a hen ,fler fhe fe'lhcrs are pulled off. 'fhe
fhell does nOI eonfill of one enlire piece, hke Ihal of
Ihe lortoife, UUI is dividen inlo Icparm bclts conneéled
lOeaeh olher by membranr!, whieh enable the anim l
lo move il, and e"ln
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roll ilfelf up hke a hedge· hog.
The number of Ihele bells does
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depend
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Ihe age
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Iheanimal} as lomehat'c illlagioed, bUl is uniformly
lhe fame al . 11 limes, and felves
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nilhnguiOt lhedif·
ferent fpeeies. AII Ihe fpeeies
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Ihis animal were o·
riginally natives of Ameriea: lhey were eOlirely un·
known
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theaneicnu; and modern Iravdlers menlion
.Ihemas
pe~uliar
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Mexico, Brafil, , nd the foulhero
pansof Americ,;
lhou~h
fome illdeed haveconfound·
ed Ihem IVitb tIVO
fpeci~s
of manis, or /hell·lizard,
whieh are founJ in the r:an ludies: Olhers repon IhAl
lheyare nali" es
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Arriea, becaufe fome of lhemha"e
becn m nfported from Brafil
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lhe eoaO of Guinea,
",here afewhavefUlee been propagaled: bUl Ihey lVere
nem hearJ
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in Europe, Afia, or Africa, lill afler
thedifco\'eryof America. -
Th~y
are all endolVed with
Ihe faeulty of exlending and conlraéling lheir bodies,
and of rolling Ihemrelves up like a ball, bUl nOl inlO
fo compleal afphere as lhehedge.hog. They arevery
inoffeofive animals, excepting when lhey gel inlo gar·
dens, where ¡hey devour lhe mclons, pOlaloes, and
olher roolS. Thcy walk quickly; uut can hardly be
faid
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run or leap; fo lhal they fddom efeape lhe
purfuil eilher of meo or dogs. HUI nalure has nOl
lefl Ihem allogelher defencelefs. Theydigdeepholes
in lhe earlh ; and feldom go very far from lheir fub·
lerraneous habilalions:
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pon any alarm, they imme·
dialely go inlo lheir holes; bUI, wheo al
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greal a
diOaoce, lhey require bUl a few momenls
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make one.
The hUnler&can hardly calch lhem by lhe lai l befare
lhey finklhm body in the ground, where lhey fl iek
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clofe, Ihal Ihe lail frequent\y comes away and leaves
lhe body in lite earth; whieh obliges lhe hunlers,
when Ihey wanl lOlake lhem
~Iive
and immulilmd,
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dilale Ihe fidesof lhehole. When lhey arelaken, and
find thal lhereis no refou rce, they inn.ntly roll
tI'tOl'
fel ves up, and IVill
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eXlend their bodles, nnlefslhey
are hdd near a fire When in deephales, Ihere is ItO
olher method
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making themcomeOUl, 'bm by forcing
in fmoke or water. They keep in lheir holes lhrnugh
Ihe day, and fclJom go ,broad in quen of fubfillence
but inIhenight. The humers ufllallychafe lhemwilh
fOlall dogs, which earily come up Wilh lhem. \V hcn
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lheJogs are near, Ihe creatures infiantly roll Ihemfc1ICS
up, and in Ihis condilion lhe hunlers carry themoff.
However, if lheyhe near , precipiee, Iheyoflenefcape
both lhe dor.! and huntlrs: lhey roll themfelves up,
anel IOmble down like , ball, WilhoUl breaking their
/hell. or receiving any injury. The dafypus is , ver
y
fruitfol , nimal; the fem,le genwlly brings fonh four
young ones cvery month; which IS
tl lt
reafoo \Vhy Ihe
fpecies is
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nUlllcrOllS, nOllVilhnan,ling lhey are
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much foughl arter on accOllnt of Ihe f..eelnefs of Ih¡ir
firO\. The lndians likewift make bafkels, boxes,
&e.
of lhe /hells wlllch cover Iheir
he.ds.Lionrells enllmm les fix fpecies of dafypus, princi.
pally diflinglli/hed by Ihe number of Iheir moveable
bclls.
l. 10e novemcinélus, or dafypus, wilh nine move·
ablebellS, (fee PraleLXVlll. fig.
f.)
The hcad is loog
aod narrow ; Ihe muzzle eXlends a good \Yay beyood
lhe under lip; lhe moulh is large ; lhe eyes are fmall,
aod plaeed on lhe fides
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the head ; the earsare long,
and placed near eaeh olher; lhe " il is long and eooi·
cal. and teroiinales io a /harp point.
lt
has five loes
on lhe hind. feet, and only four
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Ihe fore·feel ; lhe
e1alVs are Ion. , and of ayellowi/h colour. The leoglh
of lhe body,Ofromlhe point of the muzz[e,
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Ihe ori·
gin of lhe lail, is aboul eleven inches; and lhe leogll!
of lhe tail, aboUl nineand a half.
2.
Theuoicinélus, or dafypus, Wilh eighleeo mm·
able belts: the other fpeeies have I\YOlarge immove·
able pieces of O\ell, ooe on lhe Oloulders, and another
on Ihe bultocks : lhis fpecies has but one, which is
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lhe /houlders, fromlhal
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lhe lail confining eOlirely
of moveable bclts. The lenglh of Ihe body, fromIbe
poinl of Ihe mU7.zle,
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lhe originof lhelail, is about
nine inehes, , nd lhe
tail
abOUl five.
3. The trieinélus, ordafypus, \Yilh lhreemoveable
beils. The head is oblong, and com ed \Yilh an en·
lire piece of /hell ; lhe em are OlOrt and roundilh;
il has five loes on alllhe feel, aod lhe I\YO middle
e1aws of lhe fore·feel are remarkably larger lhan Ihe
ren; lhe lail is /hOrt, being aboullwO inehesiolenglh
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and lhe body is aboul Olle rool long.
4' The quadricinélus, or dafypus, Wilh four move·
able belts: Linna:us is miflaken Wilh regard
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the
trivial name and fpecific. chméler of lhis aoimal; it
ought
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be called lhe fexcinélus, or dafypus, Wilh fix
moveable behs; for, according
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Brifl'ooius, Boufl'oo,
and moll olher n;tural hillori,ns, noneof lhefpecies of
lhis genus have four movcable bclts.
It
has five loes
on every fool.
5. Thefeptemcinélus, or dafypus, wilh feven move·
able bell&: Here Linna:us is in anolher error
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lhe
fame kind · for this animal has cighl moveable belts.
Ir
has fou; lOes on Ihe fore·feel, and five on the hind·
recto
6. The dafypus wilh
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moveable belts. This ii
lhe Iargcll fpecies, being aboul t\YOfecl in lenglh. .
DATA, among
malhem~licians,
a m mfor fueh tllIngs
or qu,ntilics as arc given or kno\Yn, in orde.r
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find
other things lhereby lhal are unknolVn Euclid ufrs
Ihe word data
(oC
which he halh a particular traél)
.
for