Sec. 13.  He observ’d besides that his Fellow-Fawns, tho’ their Fore-heads were smooth at first, yet afterwards had Horns bud out, and tho’ they were feeble at first, yet afterwards grew very Vigorous and Swift.  All these things he perceived in them, which were not in himself; and when he had consider’d the Matter, he could not imagine what should be the reason of this Difference; then he consider’d such Animals as had any Defect or Natural Imperfection, but amongst them all he could find none like himself.  He took Notice that the Passages of the Excrements were cover’d in all other Creatures besides himself:  that by which they voided their grosser Excrements, with a Tail; and that which serv’d for the voiding of their Urine, with Hair or some such like thing.  Besides, he observ’d that their Privy parts, were more concealed than his own were.

Sec. 14.  All these things were matter of great Grief to him, and when he had perplex’d himself very much with the thoughts of them, and was now near seven Years Old, he despair’d utterly of having those things grow upon him, the want of which made him so uneasy.  He therefore resolv’d to help himself, and thereupon gets him some Broad Leaves of Trees, of which he made two Coverings, one to wear behind, the other before; and made a Girdle of Palm-Trees and Rushes Twisted together, to Hang his coverings upon, and Ty’d it about his waste, and so wore it.  But alas it would not last long, for the Leaves wither’d and dropt away; so that he was forc’d to get more, which he doubled and put together as well as he could, Plaiting the Leaves one upon another, which made it a little more durable, but not much.  Then having broke a Bough from a Tree and fitted the Ends of it to his Mind, he stript off the Twigs and made it smooth; with this he began to attack the Wild Beasts, assaulting the weaker, and defending himself against the stronger.  By this means he began a little to know his own Strength, and perceiv’d that his Hands were better than their Feet; because by the help of them, he had provided wherewithal to cover his Nakedness, and also gotten him a Defensive Weapon, so that now he had no need of a Tail, nor of those Natural Weapons which he had so wish’d for at first.

Sec. 15.  He was now above Seven Years Old, and because the repairing of his Covering of Leaves so often, was very troublesome to him, he had a design of taking the Tail of some Dead Beast, and wearing it himself; but when he perceiv’d that all Beasts did constantly avoid those which were Dead of the same kind, it made him doubt whether it might be safe or not; at last, by chance he found a Dead Eagle, and observing that none of the Beasts shew’d any aversion to that Carcass, he concluded that this would suit his purpose:  and in the first place, he cuts off the Wings, and the Tail whole, and spreads the Feathers open; then he drew off the Skin,and divided it into two equal parts, one of which he wore upon his Back, with the other he covered his Navel and Secrets: