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XXIX.

Wild-Cattle. Feræ Pecudes.

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The _Buff_, 1. and the _Buffal_, 2. are wild Bulls. _Urus_, 1. & _Bubalus_, 2. sunt feri Boves.

The _Elke_, 3. being bigger than an Horse (whose back is impenetrable) hath knaggy horns as also the _Hart_, 4. _Alces_, 3. major equo (cujus tergus est impenetrabilis) habet ramosa cornua: ut & _Cervus_, 4.

but the _Roe_, 5. and the _Hind-calf_, almost none. Sed _Caprea_, 5. cum _Hinnulo_, ferè nulla.

The _Stone-back_, 6. huge great ones. _Capricornus_, 6. prægrandia;

The _Wild-goat_, 7. hath very little ones, by which she hangeth her self on a Rock. _Rupicapra_, 7. minuta, quibus suspendit se ad rupem.

The _Unicorn_, 8. hath but one, but that a precious one. _Monoceros_, 8. habet unum, sed pretiosum.

The _Boar_, 9. assaileth one with his tushes. _Aper_, 9. grassatur dentibus.

The _Hare_, 10. is fearful. _Lepus_, 10. pavet.

The _Cony_, 11. diggeth the Earth. _Cuniculus_, 11. perfodit terram;

As also the _Mole_, 12. which maketh hillocks. Ut & _Talpa_, 12. quæ facit grumos.