"Gentlemen, I desire to know how hedgehogs are propagated; whether they be Viviparous, or Oviparous? If the former, How long they go with young after their coition; and whether the young ones be produc'd with prickles, or not; and in what form they are brought forth? But if the latter, How are the Eggs hatch'd, or the fruit brought to maturity; and in how many days time; and how the act of coition is perform'd between male and female? And lastly, I desire to know your authority, and the page wherein this point is settled?"
April 16, 1692, The Athenian Mercury, Vol. 7 Iss. 6 Qu.4