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seen thirty-three hands, or t wel\e feet high, and 

 other writers have said that its horns haxcbrcii 

 known to weigh between three and tour luindnd 

 pounds ; but these are accounts which MVIII to de- 

 serve but little eredit, and are probably owing to 

 the vague and uncertain descriptions communi- 

 cated by the Indian tribes. 



That some animal, however, of the deer kind, 

 -npcrior in size to any at pp-M-nt known, does 

 cither exist, or has at least existed, is sufficiently 

 proved by the enormous fossil horns Mhich are 

 often found at a considerable depth in the bogs of 

 Ireland, as weil as in America and other par 

 the world ; and which have l>\ many been sup- 

 posed to belong to the Elk or Moose. Their ap- 

 pearance, however, fliffrrs so considerably from 



be two fathom asunder, (a fathom is six feet from the tip of on* 

 finger to the tip of the other, that is four cubits,) and in height 

 from the toe of the fore-feet to the pitch of the shoulder twelve 

 foot, both which hath been taken by some of my serpt'ujuc readers 

 to be monstrous lyes. If you consider the breadth that the beast 

 carrieth, and the magnitude of the horns, you will be easily in- 

 duced to contribute your belief. And for their height since 1 came 

 into England I have read Dr. Schroderus his chymical dispensatory 

 translated into English by Dr. llmi'land, where he writes that vhem 

 he liicd in Finland under Gnstarus ///, he taw tat Elkc that wot 

 kdkd and prnrntcd to Customs kit mother, Ktentcm spans high. 

 Lo you now sirs of the gibing erne, if you have any skill in men- 

 suration, tell me what difference there is between seventeen *pans 

 and twelve foot. There are certain transcendent ia in every crea- 

 ture, which are the indelible characters of God, and which discover 

 GcJ ; there's a prudential for you, as John Rhode* the fisherman 

 used to say to his mate Kitt lMx"Accmmt of'tuo truyogu to Alrw 

 England, $c. ly JOHN JOISILYM, gcnt.p. 88. 



