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ccs of Afta>Eunfc, and Affrik:^ where they fay there are 

 ccrtainckindes of creatures, that are not found in other 

 regions, at the leaft if they be any where elfc , they arc* 

 knowne to be carried from thence- Seeing then thefe 

 creatures cameout of the Arke,as for example, the ele 

 phant which we findeonly in theEaft /W/^, and from 

 thence have bcene imparted to other regions, wee may 

 iky as much of thefe creatures ofPeru, and of others of 

 the Indies ^ which arc not found in any or' er pai t of the 

 world. . 



Wee may likewifecor.fider well vr pan this fubiecU:, 

 whether thcfebcafls differ in kind, an. nrially fr >m 

 all others , or if this difference be accm which, 



mightgroweby diverfe accidents, as wefceimhclinav 

 ges oftnen,fome are white,crhers blackc, fome giauts> 

 others dwa, fes : an^ in apes,fome have no ta:t", others- 

 have : and in ihcepe r fome are bare,others have flecxes 5 

 Come great and fti ong with a long necke,gs thofc of PC* 

 Bothers weake and Iittle,having a (hort ncckc,as thofc 

 ofCashf/e. But to fpeake diredly, whofo would by this 

 Difcourfe, fliewing only thefe accidental! differences, 

 prefcrve the propagation ofbcafts at the /#<//#, and re 

 duce them to thofe ofEttrtfr he flial vndcrtakca charge 

 he will hardly difcharge with his honor. For if we (hall 

 Judge the kindcs of beafts by their properties , thofe of 

 the Indies are fo diverfe, as it is to call an r gge a chcfhut, 

 .to feeke to reduce them to the knowne kinds ofur0fe. 



OfFowks that are prefer to the Indies. 

 CHAP. 37. 



ere are many kindcs of notable fowles at the //r* 

 9 ey ther of the fame iort that ours be, or of dif 

 ferent 



