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'put of his boJy that is not furnifiled with fllarp we.·
pons of d&ne~ ; he lI'ill not unfold himfdr, unl~f,
Ihroll'n into water : the more he is rrighteneJ or ha·
nOe.!, the clofli:r he fllUts hi,"felf up. anO rrcquenl '
Iy d&h.rges his urine, which has a very ru:tid an 10th·
fcHne Cmell. Whilé in this 01011 dogs, inflead
of biling him, fland off and bark, nOI daring tOfeize
him; or, ir they auempt it once, their mOllths are 1'0
prickcd with his brinlcs, that they eannot be preval!.
ed 011 10 att~mpt it a feeond time. Uoth the male
~nd fcmale are eo"cred with brillles from ti ,e head tO
Ihe lail. Thefe brilllcs are of greal ufe in deftnding
Ihem fromother animals; bUI mufl be VHy ineonve·
"ient when they incline 10 copulate. This operation
Ihey caoool perform in Ihe manoer of other qnadru·
peds: but do it face 10 face, either (Iandiog 00 end,
or the female Iying on her back. T he fcmJles come
io feafon in the fpring, and bring fonh their young in
Ihe beginning of fumoter. They eommonly briog ronh
Ilirce or four, and romelimes five, at a tillle. Tlle
young I1nes are of a whitilh eolollr, and only thepoints
of the brillles appear above Ihe r~in . It is impollible
10 lame them: the mOlher antl her young have fle–
quentfy been (online" together, and furnilhed with
plenty of proviC,ons : but, inflead of nouriflling them,
(he uniformly devourcd them one after anolher. Males
and fClllales have likewiCe been kept in one ap.rtmcllI,
\Vhere they lived, but never eopol. ted. Hedge·hogs
·feed upon fallen frui l', Come roots, and inCeas : they
are very fond of flelh·meat, whether raw 01' roaned.
'fhey frequenl woods, and live under the trunks of
old m e" in the ehinks of roeks, or IInder I"ge flones.
Naturalills alledge thal they go inlo gardens, mounl
Ihe trees, and come down ·wilh apples, or
plumbs, fluek upon their briflles. BUI this is a mif·
uke: ahhough kepl in a garden, Ihey never attempl
10 climb \rees, or fliek even fallen fruil upon their
!>riflles, bu! IJy hold of their feod with Iheir mouth .
They never come OUt of thei r holes in the day, but go
abom in quelt of food durin~ Ihe nigll!. They ea!
bUI liule. and can live very long withotll laking any
Dourilhment. Tlley do not lay up any Itore of provi.
c'ons In han'efl : ruch an inltina would be ufe\eCs, as
tbey neep all the "inter. See PI. le LXX IV. fig.·6.
2. The inauris, or while hedge hog, ha, no eXler·
nal em !t i, a naliv' of Amerie•.
ERIOPHORUM, in b,\tally, a r¡enus of the Iri3ndri~
mono~ynia clal;, Thc ~Iuma is paleaceous, and 11\1.
bricated on eath C,de ; Ihe eorolla il wanting; ar.d
there is uut one Cced, furrounded by lúng down.
EHITII.~CVS, in ornitholt'gy See MOTAC ILLA.
E IUV:It~, a cir y oC Pcrc,., on rhe fronuCC! ofTulky,
C,lu.ted on the Couth end of a \'I~e of the rame name:
E. long. 45°, N. 'al. 40° 16'.
ERKELENS , , ei ty of Wcflphalia, in GermJDY, ten
nllles of Juliers: E. long. 6°, N. Ia!. 51 ' .
EliMIN, in zoology. See MUSTELA .
ERMtN, in heraldry, is allVays .rgent and fable, thit
is, a white ácld, or C~r, IVith black CpOlS. Thde
fpots are nOI of any number, but may be
nlore or I~fs, at the pleafure of the painter, " the
fl.ins are thoughl not to be nalUrally Co fponed; but
f<rl'ing for linlllg the gallnents of greal pediJO!, the
furriers \Vere wonl, in order tO add tO their beauty, to
Cew bits of the blaek tails of the ereatures that produ.
eed tll(O!, uponthe white of their fl{in, tO reoder them
Ihe more eonfpieuous, whieh alteration was iotroduced
into armory. 8ee Plate LXXIV. fig. 7.
ERM'N, oÍ' EH S or rORN, an order of knighlS in
Franee, infliluted by Franeis the lafl of Ihat Dame,
duke of Britany.
This order was fo called on aeeount Ihat tbe collar
of il was made up of em of eorn, Iying arhwart one
another in fahier, houod rogether, both above and be·
low, eaeh ear being erolfed Iwiee, Ihe whole of gold.
To rhis collar there hung a liule while beafl, tal!ed
an ermin, running over a bank of grafs dimfih~d wlth
flowers.
ERMINE', or CROS! ERM INE', is one eORlpofedoffour
ermin rpOts, placed as reprefeDted in Plm LXXIV.
6g. 8. •
It is 10 be obrerved, that the eolours in Ihefe arml
are nOI 10 be exprclfed beeaufe ntither this crofs nor
IheCe arm, can be of ;ny other eolour but white and
blaek.
ERMINITES Ihould C,gnify Jiule ermines, bUI il il.O·
rherwife ; for it e~prelfes a \Vhile fidd powdered wlth
black, only tha: every Cuch fpot hath a little red half
on eaeh.
3. The malJeenC,s, has hangillg em,
live of AC,a
Erminilcs alfo C,gni fy a yellolV field powdered with
blaek, which the Ft eneh expreCs much bemr by "
Pillé, d'" I/Ii". d, Jol/•.
and is a na- EROS ION, among phyC,cians, denotes much the Came
with eorrofion, only in a nronger degree. See Coo·
ER1NGO, in hotany. 8ee ERVNC IUM.
ER10CI\V LON, in bOlany, a genus of the Iriandria
Irigynia clafs. The eommon ealix has an imbriemd
eapitululO; it 1m thre~ (qual petals: and the Itamina
are ahove Ihe germen. There are five Cpeeies, none
of Ihem natil'es of Britain.
ERrOCEPlI:\LUS, in hotanv, a genus of the fynge.
nefia p"h r.,mia nteen:,ri. claCs. The recrptacle ·is
fomew"at húry; il 1m no pappus: the calix confins
of c'x equJI petals: ,ntl there are five nl,fellles in the
radlUs. T hcre ar: IWO Cpecics, none oC them natives
or IIritain.
ROS tON, and CORROSIVES.
EROTIC, in genml, any thing rdating ro the pallioo
I{JI e. .
ERR ATIC in general fomething tha! wandees, or Il
, . ' 11 dra·
not regular: henee il is Ihe planm are ca e er
lie flars. h
ER RHI ES, in pharmaey, medicines whieh, 7en
fnulfcd up the noCe, promotea mueus rOnI
tI"t part o ..
ERROUR, ERROR, a minake of our judgmenl, &IVlog
.lfcnt tOthat which is not trile. ~ ~
I1lr Locke reduces lhéeJuCes oC error ro Ibe e 6:fi