Of the (generation of Animals . 4.1

that the Libard and the Lioncffe coupling together, procreate a Leopard, audiomake a third kind. ‘Tliny faith, That thole Lions which are generated of Li-bards, do want the mones of Lions. And£<so»*« faith, that the Lion can findout by his smell, when the Lionesse hath played the Harlot; and seeks to re-venge it upon her with all his might: and therefore the Lionefle washes herself in some River, or else keeps aloof from him, till the scent be wasted.Now as there are two sorts of Mules, one of a Horse and an Asse, the otherof an Asse and a Mare; to there are two forts of Leopards, one of a Li-bard and a Lionefle, the other of a Lion and a Panther, or She-libard: that isin body like a Lion, but not in courage; this is in body and colour like a Libard,but not in flomack: for all double-kinded creatures , take most after theirmother, especially for shape and quantity of their bodies. Qla»iiAr.m faith,that there is a kinde of Libard, which he calls a Water-libard, that is gene-rated of a mingled feed, when a strong and vigorous Libard meeteth with aLionefle, and happily coupleth with her: and this kinds of Libard is like thesire for bis spots, but his back and the portraiture of his body is like his Dam*Now there is another copulation of the Lionefle, when the

Hyana ani the Lioness*gender the beast Crocuta ;

for the Lionefle is very furious in lust, (as we (hewed before) and coupleswith divers kinds of beasts: For Pliny writes, and Solinw writes the lame,That the Hyarna and the Lionefle of Æthiopia, gender the beast Crocuta. Like-wise the Panther is a most lustful beast, and she also couples with beasts of diverskinds; with a Wolf especially: of both which, the

Hycopanther y or beast called Thots , is gendred -

for the Panther, when her sacoting is come, goeth up and down, and makesa great noise, and thereby assembles many, both of her own kind, and of ri-cher kinds also. And amongst the rest, the Wolf oft-times meets and cou-ples with her, and from them is generated the beast Thocs, which resemblesthe Dam in the spots of his skin, but in his looks he resembles the Sire.Oppiatm faith, That the Panther and the Wolfe do gender this shoes, andyet he is of neither kinde: for, faith he, oft-times the Wolfe ccmeth to thePanthers Den, and couples with her; and thence is generated the Thoes:whose skin is very hard, and is meddled with both their shapes; skinned likea Panther, and headed like a Wolfe, There is also a

Thoes gendred of a Wolf and a female Hyana,

This medley, Hefychim and Var inns have described ; That of them comes thisThoes, as the Greeks call it. The Scholiast upon Homer faith, That it is liketo the Hyama: and some call it Chaos. Pliny faith, That this Chaos, whichby the Trench is called Raphium , was first let forth for a (hew, in thegames of sPompey the Great: and that it hath spots like a Leopard, but is fa-shioned like a Wolf. But the Greeks make mention of a very strange adul-tery, that

The Batlrian Camel is gtndredof a Camel and a Swine *

for Didymus , in his workes called Geoponica, reporteth, that in certainMountaincs of India, Boares and Camels feed together , and so fall to co-pulation, and gender a Camel: and this Camel so gendred, hath a doubletiling, or two bunches upon his back. Eut as the Mule which is generatedof a Horse and an Ass, is in many qualities like the Sire , so the Camel which

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