33 Dfi LAPIDE MANATI ET TIBURONIS, 



conferatur t>. Srubbs fupra all. I. „The lapisTuberonum is a kind of fria- 



ble calx , when it is brought hither , yet when it is firft taken out , it 



"is not fo , but a white fubftance , near approaching to the nature of 



"any brain , ad encompafs 'd in a transparent Gelly (prout lapilli in cra- 



niis pifcium fpino!brum) „The GeMy dries all evay , at it is expos d 



to the fun, and the white Subftance dries into rhe Body , he lpeaks of.„ 



&vod fatis convenit cum obfervationibus nofiris circa lapillos in capitibus 



Rajse ; Nulla qvidem nobis eft occafio , interna Tiburonum fcrutari, 



qvod aliqvando erudite Curiofi juxta mare mediterraneum in fe iufcipiant, 



interim tamen LAPIDIS TIBURONIS , cujus mentionem fecimus in 



T iv Mifiu Imo accuratam figuram fieri curavimus , eandemqve in Tab. IV. 



f 7 ' f.n. modo cxhibemus ; Reliqva de TIBURONE Mijfui III , ubi de 



PISCIBUS , qvi BRANCHIIS tf qvidem OCQXJLTIS gaudent , refervan- 



tes ; Satis mihi eft , propofiram rem acu qvidem pupugifie , qvam aliis, 



qvorum judicio atqve ingenii felicitati plurimum tribuo deferoqve , ac- 



curatius delineandam & demonftrandam trado j Jam colophonem huic 



MifTui imponens verbis Wormii: 



MANATI tam in fluminibus qvam in mari capitur, tefte Oviedo: 

 TUBERON vero cetaceus pifcis eft tantum Oceani incola, tefte: 

 Francifco Hernando. Manati pedes habet : Tubero nullos. 

 Manati branchias nullas habet: Tubero utrinqve qvinqe. Ma- 

 nati pifcis eft, aut Amphibium docile , mite , hominum con- 

 fvetudine gaudens ; Tubero cetus ferox , maleficus , homi- 

 num devorator : a) multisqve aliis inter fe differunt proprie- 

 tatibus — . Diverfi igiturcum fint pifces , alius eric lapis 

 MANATI , alius TUBERONIS. 



a) i\V&jaw»$*y 9 * » ^ r! ^» ttl '* 



Settcca Lib. Vll. qvafl. natttr. 



Cap. XXXV. 



Natura munera fua non fimul tradit ; nec omnibus patent ; reducla 

 funt , & in interiori iacrario claula ; ex quibus aliud harc 

 ztas , aliud poftera accipit .& depromit. 



