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Bfortiibg 5 the third, had loft coofiderably m the ftomaek of 
Hens 5 the fourth and fifth,nothing at all, after many days^ ia 
the ftomaek of HcnSjDuckSjTurky-cocks. Four Pearls^ which 
all of them altogether weighed 12 grains, loft 4 grains in the 
fl^oroack of a pigeon in 2® hours 5 and 8 other pear Is, weighing 
together 30 grains^loft.in the ftomaek of another pigeonjio gr, 
in two days. 
Having done with this fort of Obfervationsj he goes on tt> 
recite more relations about other vertuesafcribed to di verso- 
ther Natural things ; As, that the Blood of a Rhinoceros doth 
marvels in curing the Colick^and io flopping the Bloody flux ^ 
and the Decoftion of the skin of the fame is very ttomachical 5 
md the Hornsofit very Antidotal. All which he found ground-- 
lefs in his frequent Tryals; 
Hence he proceeds to dilcourfe of the Horns of Staggs and 
other Deer, and obferves, after others, ihu Staggs put forth 
their irft Horns the fecond year of their age : Th^t they caft ' 
them every year a little after the beginning of March j 7/&4^ 
thofc that a^-e we!l*fed and luftyjCaft them off firft, the leaa 
ones ftay^ longefj fometimes till the end of April: That thefe 
Horns are faftned to the bones of the skullj not to the skin on- 
ly^as fome fay : That B ox 10 days after they are caftynew pnes 
bud forths which are hairy, gri:>wing hard in about 3 months 
at which time the Stagg rubs off the hairy skin : That the bran- 
ches of thefe Horns are more or lefs in number according to 
the Age of the St aggs, and thefcveral Countries wherein they 
live, the-oldeft of them in Tufcany having but 6 or 7, and very 
feldom Sor 9 on one horn, but \n Germany^ and above all in 
S-axony ^i\ox I5,and fometimes mwe : TA^^ ayotinghornjet 
tender^if cutjefpecially at the bottom^emits blood in ftreams & 
fo viokntlyjthat the Stagg often dyes of it:T/j^^ this blood coa- 
gulates like the other blood of the Stag, that comes out of the 
veins or arteries 2, though this be denied by Arijiotle and Gakn *^ 
fanguineous veflTcls being diffused through all the Horns when 
tender/br the conveyance of fufficient nouriftiment 5 thpugh 
by little and little they are dried up : that a Hart being caftraV 
ted whilft young and before it putsforthhisHorns, never gets 
any ; if gueld when horn'd,he never cafts i;herojbut keeps thofe 
always he had when he was cut. 
