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father, and he, made plentiful ufe of ivory, as they fre- 

 quently mention in their writings, which, along with 

 gold, came from the fame part, bolomon, befides, wrote 

 exprefsly upon Zoology, and, we can fcarce fuppofe, was ig- 

 norant of two of the principal articles of that part of the 

 .creation, inhabitants of the great Continent of Afia eafl from 

 him, and that of Africa on the fouth, with both which ter- 

 ritories he was in conftant xorrefpondence. 



There are two animals, named frequently in fcripture, 

 without naturalifts being agreed what they are. The one 

 is the behemoth, the other the reem, both mentioned as 

 .the types of ftrength, courage, and independence on man, 

 and as fuch exempted from the ordinary lot of beafts, to be 

 fubdued by him, or reduced under his dominion. Tho' this 

 is not to be taken in a literal fenfe, for there is no animal 

 without the fear or beyond the reach of the power of man, 

 we are to underftand this as applicable to animals pofTefTed 

 of flrength and fize fo fuperlative as that in thefe quali- 

 ties other beafts bear no proportion to them. 



The behemoth, then, I take to be the elephant; his hi- 

 ftory is well known, and my only bufmefs is with the reem, 

 which I fuppofe to be the rhinoceros. The derivation of 

 this word, both in the Hebrew and the Ethiopic, feems to 

 be from ereclnefs, orftandingflraight. This iscertairily no 

 particular quality in the animal itfelf, w ! ho is not more, 

 or even fo much erecVas many other quadrupeds, for, in 

 its knees it is rather crooked ; but it is from the circum- 

 ilance and manner in which his horn is placed. The horns 

 of all other animals are inclined to fome degree of paral- 

 zlelizm, with his nofe, or as fronds. The horn of the rhino- 

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