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The

ona~",

or wild afs.

ha~,

hy f.10lC RUlhors,

["," conrolll.d.d ..ilh the le!>la; blll ' .!I y iOlprrrel'

Iy,

fuI' this I,!lls a d"lma Ipecies ; ror lhe on.cer is

nl)1 Ilraked hke Ihis, nur is his nla!,e lo beJolilul.

Wild·"lfcs u e raid 10 be very livlfl of cou rfe; and

"h·:n Ihcy fce a 0I2n, Ihey Ill,ke

bOllno, ::nd

101'

Ill<.:ialcly Ay a'oVay; infllllluch, Ihat lhcre is no

I~·

kiOg 01

Ihelll, bUI

traps anJ gios. T:ley have

",uc~

Ihe fJOle fhape as C()lllmoo aOi:s; bUI Ibey

¡re of

brighll r ",Iour. ano Ihere runs a \Vhire lir!

{rom rhe hCJd 10 rhe ud . Of

rh~

hide of Ih<fc

~fres.

.ntl particul.rly of

tlm

pm nO:1 the rump. rhey make

rhar excellent leather IVhieh \Ve call

r...

greln, and

which is put

fo many eurious ufes.

In Americathey have no aO;'s at all, nor yet horfe$;

l.urthey hal'ebecn carricd rhirherlong ago, at firn by rhe

Spaniads, and afrcrwJrds byorher oations, where rhey

hm muhi?lied greatly ; inromuch, Ihat . in lome pl.I'

ces, rhere are \Vhole droves of them rhlt run wdu ,

and are very hard 10 be caught. J\Oes in geoeral

cw y

rhe heavien bcrdcr,s in proponioo 10 their bulk;

and, as rheir keeping cons Jittle or norhing, it is a

great won¿cr they are not put to more ufes lhan rhey

genmlly are among USo

The Refh of lhe comOloo afs is never eaten in thefe

par¡¡ of rhe ",orld; though fom eprelend theireohsare

tender, and not diCagreeablc. [Piare

LXXV.

fig.2 .]

The zebra.- This animal has the figure and

gra"fulnefs of rhe horfe, joined to lbe fwiftnds of rhe

llag. He is abrut 7 fw long, from rhe point of the

mU~ll~

ro ¡he origin of the lail, anJ aGeur 4fett high.

The cobu r of hls fkin i, beaulIrJI 3nd uniform, con–

fi ning of alternate

par~lId

rirogs of black ano whire

~ifpofed

ia Ihe mofl' regular mJnner, as rcprefenretl in

rhe piare,

[LXX

fig.

3.]

He is generally lefs rhJn the

t,orre, and lar);cr rhao rhe afs.

The Zchra is fou nd nowherebut in rhe caflero anl

fomhero provinees of A(rica, from iErhiopia to r!le

Cape of Good

Hop~,

and from rhe Care of Good

Ilope to Coogo. The DUleh hal'e

b~:n

at gr:ar pains 10

r~m~

and ufe them (or domeflic purpofes. bUI with littlc

fuccef,. He i, hard·mouthtd, andokid¡s when ,ny

perfon

3t:~m?ts

ro rouch or come oear him. He IS

eflleCs .nd obninalc as amule: but puhaps rhe wild

horfe i, narurally as oOl"él.lhle as rhe ZeGra; for, ir is

prob'ble, if he IVere e. rly aceuflom:d 10oGeditnce anu

a domenic lift, he would beenme as docile as rhe horIC.

ERANARCH.'\ . a publie offieer

anlo~g

Ihe aneient

Greeks, whofe

bufi~efs

IVas to prefide ova antl direél

tite ¡Ims and provrrion! m,de for rhe poor. Cornelius

Nepos, in his Jife of Epaminond,s. deferibcs his oniee

rhus: when . ny perfon lVas reuuced to poveny, t,ken

eapti"e, or had a daughter ro marry. whicll he eoul.l

not dfeél for wam of 100ney.

tIc.

the

.narcha eall·

ed an afrembly of friends antl neigh!t.lurs, anJ lax·

ed each aecording 10 his mcans and d are, tO comri·

bure tnwards Lis rdief.

I;RANTHEII1UM, in borany, a genus of rhe di3ndria

monngyr.i. clafs. The "Iix is divide,1inro rlve Ceg.

n;enll; rhe mbe i, filiior r.l : anl rhe

ni~m.I

is fimplc.

l here is

~·.t

one CF:i:s, a

r.~tive

of J!::tltiapil.

E R

F.i~.~SEJ),

in hrntlJry.

~;ee A~RACHF..

EI\ EC1'JON,

::'".cl:l1ftnfe,

rJ.f! :lIr

r~ir,lI~

Ne.

Ily.ttir.;:

:1lly Ihlll)!,

th~ Cle.~:jon

p::l'

rtlldll:Ul.u,

(:r.

Ir is . Ifo uled in a ficuratile fenle, as Ihe cree.

tion of

binlOpri",

mar~ud.lle,

15(.

ERECTOR CL ITO,lI S. Seó eLI

rOR

IS.

¡·: l!.CTOR rE. rs. See PFNIS.

EIU!.MIT. See HOM rT.

)·.Ré:lvllTi\, in

2ool~r.y.

See SCARAn IEvs.

ERfURT, • laróe

.~ nd h~autiful ~¡ry

U.Jlper Saxony

In Gaman\'. capaJI of fhunneta. ,nd luojeél to

th~

cfd:cr

Mcr.ll

E. Ion;:.

11'

6', N.

lar. 51".

ERGOT. in

fmi~ry,

flub. like a pieee of 10fl hnrn,

abour rhe bigntfs \If a ehcfnu!, p!aced bchind

~nd b~.

JOIV the

p~:l "n .joinr,

and

commo.ly

hid under lhe

ruCr of :he fedock.

ER ICA, Or JlUTH, in borany. a

~enus

of rhe o(tan.

i. monop.l'nia clafs. The (,dix confins of four

bves, and rlte corolb of four fegmcnts; rhe I:lamenrs

are inCweu inlo rhe recepracle; tlr: antherx are bifid ;

2nd Ihe c.pfule hds four eells. Tltere are rhiny·eight

fpecie" nl'e of whieh are natives of Britain,

viz.

rh~

vu lgalis, or co:nmcn"earh; rhe cinerea, or fine. leaved

healh; rlte tClralix, or crofs

·lea.ed

hearh ; the cilia.

riso or rouch·leaved hcarh; anel the multiflora, Or

Gr.

leaved heath.

ERlD .~NUS,

in afironomy. See Vol.

p. 4

EJUE, a vaU

I~ke

tO the wcnward of Penrilvania, in

Nonh Amenca, (¡tuared betwcen

80°

and

87°

long. and between

41°

and

42°

N lat.

EIUGERON, or SWEET H EA ' 8ANE, in hotany, a

genu,

01'

Ihe fyngenefia pol)'g.mia fuperflua

ciar!.

Thc

reeept~c1e

is nAked; lhe Farpus is hairy:

~nd

the m.

dii of the corolla

liDe~r

and very narrow. There

are (¡xteco fpecies, two of wlrieh are nativcs of Ilritaio,

viz. the a¡re, or bJue·nowcld Oea.bane.; and the ca.

nadenfe, or

Can.da

Rea·banc.

ERINACEUS, or HEDGE'HOC, in loology, a genus

~uadlupeds

belonglne

Ihe order of fera:, the

charaél~rs

of whieh are rhefe : they{tave tlVO foreteeth

in rhe

upper.j.lw

, at a conli.lerable dinanee from one

anorher, aRn tlVO in the under jaw, lefs dil1am; and

rhey I,al'e two recumbent dog,rcerh, one on each fideo

'fhere are time fpeeils,

ui:.

l. The europa'US,

01'

comnllln hedge·hog, \Virh roond ears, .nd crefkd no.

fl,iI;.

Jr is .bnnt nine inches

loo~;

tire upper par! of

rhe body is lorally covered w;th Orarp prickles, and

rhe under pan is ,o\'ereo with hair. '[ I.e hed·'c· ho.

eren \Vhen Uaneling on his legs, h.s a I'ery uglyo.fpee;:

Ji i, boelf is an oblong mars, convex

~bol'e, rermin~reJ

011

rhe fore· part byoa very nt:"p munle, alld mounreu

(ln fou r

filO"

leg', of \Vhieh nOllting appears but Ibe

fcer, .nu

rh~

tail is not dilcel'nible. lJis em are

¡',oad, round, and fhon; and his cyes are {,llall ond

prolubetanl. The kngrh of his body. from rl:e puiO[

the mu!.?le 10 rlte anus, is about nioe ioches.

The

Ited~e·hog

has a

I'ery

uncomOlon merhod

01'

defendinr. himli:lf from rhe w .leks of orher aninuls:

)¡ein~ puO~O~d

01'

lilll~

nrcnglh

01'

.giliry, he does nOI

.lIólllpr

Oy from or an:.illtis enemies; burcrelh hi,

hr illles. and lolls Itimfdf u!, Itkc a b.lll, expofing no

f<tt