38 DE LAPIDE MANATI ET TIBURONIS. 



conferatur D.Sruhbs fupra all. l. „Thc lapisTuberonuni 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 (proiit lapilli in cra- 



niis pifcium fpinolbrum) «The GeMy dries all evay , at it is expos 'd 



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



Qvod fatis convenit cum obfervationibus noftris circa lapillos in capitibus 



^iz ; NuUa qvidem nobis cft occafio , interna Tiburonum fcrutari, 



qvod aliqvando erudite Curiofi juxta mare mediterraneum in fe fufcipiant, 



interim tamen LAPIDIS TIBURONIS , cujus mentionem fecimus in 



T IV Miffu Imo accuratam figuram fieri curavimus , eandemqvc in Tab. IV. 



S.y.f.J. modo exhibemus; Reliqva de TiBURONE Mijfui III, ubi de 



PISCIBUS, qvi BKANCHUS Sf qvidem OCCULTIS gaudem , refervan- 



tes ; Satis mihi cft , propofitam rem acu qvidem pupugifTe , qvam aliis, 



qvorum judicio atqve ingenii felicitati plurimum tribuo deieroqve , ac- 



curatius delineandam & demonflrandam trado j Jam colophonem huic 



Miffui imponens verbis Wortnii: 



MANATI tam in fluminibus qvam in mari capitur, tef!e Oviedo: 

 TUBERON vero cetaceus pifcis eft tantum Oceani incola , tefte: 

 Francifco Hernando. Manati pedcs habet : Tubero nuUos. 

 Manatibranchias 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 igitur cum iiat pifces , alius eric lapis 

 MANATI, alius TUBERONIS. 



a) Kv&^oiTioi^dyoe , Ari/loteU. 



Scncca Lih. Vll. qvajl. natur, 



Cap. XXXV. 



Natura munera fua non fimul tradit j nec omnibus patent ; redu(fla 

 funt , & iu interiori facrario claula ; ex quibus aliud haec 

 «tas , aliud poftera accipit & deprorair. 



