440 THE ANTILOPES, 



if we comprehend all fimilar concretions found 

 in the inteflines of animals, we may affirm, that 

 mod quadrupeds, except thofe of the carnivo- 

 rous kinds, and even the crocodiles and large 

 ferpents, produce bezoars *. 



To 



de in quodam damarum genere quas Wacatkbichiltic aut Te- 

 mamacame appellant. . . Necnon in ibicibus quorum hie re- 

 dundat copia, ut Hifpanos et apud banc regionem frequen- 

 tes cervos taceam, in quibus quoque eit lapidem, de quo prae- 

 fens efl inftitutus fermo, reperire : Capreas etiam cornuum 

 expertes, quas audio pathm reperiri apud Peruinos, et ut fum- 

 matim dicam, vix eft cervorum caprearumque genus ullum, 

 in cujus ventriculo, aliave interna parte, fua fponte, ex ipfis 

 alimoniae excrementis, lapis hie, qui ttiam in tauris vuccifque 

 folet ofFendi, non paulatim concrefcat et generetur, multis 

 fenfim additis et cohaerefcentibus membranulis, quates funt 

 caeparum Ideo nbn niii yetuftiffimis et fenio pene confeclis 

 lapides hi reperiuntur ; neque ubique, fed certss ftatifque locis. 

 .... Variis hos lapides reperies formis et coloribus ; alios 

 cempe candefcentes, fufcos alios, alios luteos, quofdam cine- 

 reos nigroique, ct vitri aut obfidtani lapidis modo micantes.. 

 Kos ovi illos rotunda fignra, ct alios tnangula, &c. Nard. Ant. 

 Recchi. apud Hernand. p. 325. et 326. — In the ftomach of a wild 

 goat, called Cornera de terra by the Spaniards, Wafer found 

 thirteeen bezoar (tones of different figures, fome of which re- 

 iembkd coral. Though perfectly green when firft expofed 

 to the air, they aftei wards turned alh-coloured ; Hijl. gen. 

 des voyages par M. I* Abbe Prevoj?, torn- 12. p. 638. Nota. This 

 cornera de terra is neither a goat nor gazelle, but the la?na of 

 Peru. 



* There is another ftone, called the fione of 'the hooded ferpent , 

 a fpecies of ferpent which has a kind of hood hanging behind 

 its head. . . . and, behind this hood, the ftone is found, the 



(mailed being as large as a hen's egg Thefe ferpents 



frequent the coafts of Melinda, and the ftones might be brought 

 by the Portuguefe failors or foldiers, when they return frost 

 Mofambique ; Voyage ds Tavertiier, torn. 4. p. 80. 



