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RYPOGASTR1C, an appellalion gíven to lbe iOlernal nalely from Ihe rool lO Ihe poinl. Thcfe quill, lhe
branch of Ihe iliac mcry. animal can ereél or lel down al pleafure; whcn icri.
HYPOGASTRIUM, iD aoalomy. See ANATO~1Y . p. Uted, he b~ats Ihe ground wilh his I,iod·feel, er<lls
25 6 . his quills, fhakes hls tail, and m"kcl a eonfiderable
HYPOPHYLLOCARPODE:-lDRON, in botaoy. Sec r4ltling noile '\llh hIS quills.
LEUCODE NDRON . 1\1011 autltorshave aOtned Ihal lhe porcupine, ..hen
HYPOPYON, io medicine, a collcélion of puruleot irrilal<J, dms his quills 10 a coofiJerable dillance a.
!llmer under lhe cornea of Ihe eye gainfllhe e!l~lIly, aod Ihat he will kilJ very large ani.
HYPOSTAS1S, among diyines, figniues a perfon or by this meaos. ButMrBulfon. and fome olher
fu:'(\ance; éltieOy ured io fpeaking of the pedoos of lhe late hiflorians, atrure that lhe anImal pofli:lfes no fuch
Trinity. power. Mr Bulfon frequently irntaledrnc porcupine
HYPOTHEC, in ~cotslaw, a right of fecurityeflablifh. but oever faw aoy thing like this darting of hls quills:
ed by law lD credilors upon the goods and e/Feéls of He fays indeed. that when the creature was much a.
theirdeblors, for paymeot of cemio debts. See LMY, gilared Wilh paffion, fome of tlle quilJs whlch adbtrtd
tit. 20 . § 13 , bUl flightly lo lhe OlÍn, IVould fall off, particularly
HYPOTHENAR, io anatomy. See ANo\. TOMV, p. from the tail; and lhiscircum:lance, he Imagines, has
200 . giveo rife to lbe ruiíllke.
HYPOTHENUSE, in g,ometry, lhe longelllide of a TIte poreupine, lhougb origioally a native. of Afrj.
righl.Qngled rriaogle, or it is lhal fide which fublends ca and lhe rodies, can live and muhiply io lhe more
the righl aogle. temperare climms of Spaio and 1raly•. Pltoy, and
HYPO I'HESIS, in general, denotes fomething fuppofed every olher nalural hinoriao fince lhe days of Ari-
to be true, or taken for granted, io order to proye or /lorle, lhal lhe porcupine, like lhe b'ear, con'
ilJuflrale a point io quenioo. ceals idelfduring the winler, aod thallheybring forth
Hypolhefes, however elegant and artful, ought lO lheir young in 80 days. BUl thefe circumnanm re.
be firfl proved by repeated obferv.tioos aod COOIl¡¡¡¡1 main to lhis day uncertaio. Ir is remarkable. that
experienee, before they are received as trulhs. ahhough rhis animal be very eommoo io luly, 00
HYSSOPUS, in bOlanr, a genus of lhedidynamia gynl- perfoo has ever given usa tolerable hillory of it. We
Dofpermia.clafs\ The inferior lip of the corolla has only know io geoeral, lhal lhe porcupioe, io a domef·
a fmall crenaled fegmeol; and lheflamina are crel! aod tic !lare, is oot a fieree or ill·natured anilDal; that
diflaot. There are lhree fpecies, none of lhemoalive¡¡. \Vilh bis foreleelh, which are flr~ng dnd fharp, he caD
of I3r(laio. Tbe leaves are faid 10 be good in aflhmas, cut lhrough a flrong board; lhal he ealS bread,
coughs, aod olh:r diforders of lhe lungs. (ruits, rOOIS, &c. thal he does confiderdble damage
HYSTER1CS, or HVSTERtC PASSION. See MEDl- when he gets iDIO a garden; rhat he gro"s fal; like
CINE, moll animals, aboullhe cnd of fummer; aod that his
HYSTERON PROTHON, io grammar and rhetorie, a Bdh is oOI.bad food.
fpecies of lhe hyperbatoo, wherein' rhe prop" order 2. The preheofilis, or cuandu, has four toes on
of conflruélioo is fo ioverted. as lhal lhe pan of any the fore·feet, fi ve on the hiod·fw, ao:1a loog lail.
fenteoee whieh fhould naturally come firlt is placed It is confiderably lefs than lhe former fpecies, helog
Jafl : as in this ofTerence, va"t &vivit, for vivit & ooly l' ioches long from the poiot of lhe mozzle lO
v."t; and io the following of Virgil, nmiamur & in •the origin of lhe tail, which is nine ioches loog ; the
media arllla ruamUI, for in l/Iditl arma ruamUI & legs and feerare·covered Wilh long hrowoifh hair ; lhe
.mri.",ur. refl of lhe body is comed Wilh quills iOler(perftd \Vith
HYSTEROPHORUS. See PtkTHENruM. long hairs; lhe quills are about uve inches long and
HYSTRIX, io zoology, agenus of quadrupeds belong- aboUl T'T of ao ineh in diame,ter. He f..ds upon blrJs
jng lO lhe order of glires. lhe charaélers of which are and fmalJ animal. HeOeeps io lhe day like the hedge-
¡hefe: They have I\VO fore·teerh, obliqudy divided, hog, and (earehesfor his food inthe nighl. He dimbs
bOlh in lhe upper and uoderjaw, befides righl griodcrs i trees, aod fuppons himfdf by lwifling bis rail round
and lhe body is comed Wilh qttills or p,ickles. (See lhe braoehes. He is gerieraJly found in lhe high
Plale el. fig. 5.1 T here are four fpecies. via. grounds of America from Brafil lO Louifiana and lhe
l. The criflm. or crefled poreupine, has four ton foulhern parls of Caoada. His cHeemed ,ery
on Ihe fore·feel, 6ve loes on the hind-fecl, a crefled good ealing.
head , a fh Orll",I, and the upprr lip is dil'ided like Iha! 3. The dorfala, has four toes 00 lhe fore·fect, fife
of a hare. T he lenglh o( lhe bodyis aboul two feet, on lhe hiod·feel, and has quills only on lhe back,
and tb. heighl ab~ullwofeetand ahalL The p·,rco- which are fhort , and almofl hid among rhe long hai,.
pine is covered ,ilh prickles. fome oflhemnioe ortto He is abOUl I\VO feet loog. He is a name of Hud(nn',
inches long, and .bOUl .;. uf an ineh thi, k. Like lhe bay. The favages (al his Bdlt, and make ufe of his
hedge.hog, he rolls him(elf up in a glo:'ular formo in Ikio as 3 fur afler lóking off lhe priekles.
whicb pofirion he is proof again!l lhe a1l3cb of lhe 4 T be maeroura, has five lO" hOlh on the h:nd
moll rapaeious anim·Is. The pricklcs 3reexceedingly and fore fm; his lail iSl'cry long, and lhe priekles
Ihllp, and <aeh of lncm has fil'e Jarge black and as are elevaled, He js a aalÍve 01 Afia Ihe Eafl lndies.
many while riogs, which [ueceed one aaolher a11et-
JACCA,