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of the East. The word bezoar is originally "bad-zahr," or poison-expeller, and was applied 

 to this substance as it was supposed to possess extraordinary virtue in destroying the effects 

 of poison, whether administered internally, or applied to the bite of serpents, or the wounds 

 caused by poisoned weapons. The bezoars are concretions, chiefly of phosphate of lime, which 







are found in the stomachs of 

 most valuable being those of 

 highly valued were the last, 

 times their weight in gold. 



Those of the Asiatic 

 most valuable of all the 

 in size, they are powerful in 

 remarkable circumstance 

 their approximation to the 

 produce the same description of substance that was formerly thought to be the special property 

 of the ruminating animals. * 



A well-known example of this group of monkeys is the Hoonumais', or Entelltjs. This 

 is a considerably larger animal than the Simpai, as the adult II oonuman measures three or 



ENTELLUS.— Presbytes enlelius. 



many ruminating animals, the 

 the Persian wild goat. So 

 that they were sold for ten 



monkeys are considered the 

 bezoars, as, although small 

 quality. It is a somewhat 

 that these monkeys, with 

 ruminant stomach, should 



