Country , knowing by hear- fay only, that 'tis a la-'ge 
Beaft with big Horns,' but unlefs we ihall give the 
fame Name to Two Animals vaftly different, which is 
Prepofterous and breeds Coafufion , we muft not al- 
low thefe Horns ftiouid any longer pafs under the Name 
oiElches Horns. 
I have feen a Pair of genuine Elches Horns brought 
out of Swedeland^ and they differed extremely, both in 
Figure and Size, from thefe we have now defcribed : 
they were abundantly fmaller, quire of another fiiape 
and make, not V aimed or broad at the end fartheft frcm 
the Head as Ours ; but on the contrary, broader to- 
wards the Head, and growing ftiU narrov^ er towards 
the Tips end, the fmalier Branches not iffuing forth 
- from both Edges of the Horns as in Ours, but growing 
along the upper Edge only, whilft the other Verge of 
the Horn was wholly plain without any Branches at all. 
And accordingly the faithful Ge/ner^ in the firft Chap- 
ter of his Book De Quac/rupediius, has given us the 
right Defcription of them, where he exprefles the Fi- 
gure of the Elche and its Horns apart ; and fpeaking of 
the Size of them, he fays, Cornua fingula Lthras circi- 
ter Duodecem appendunt^ longttudine fere duorum pe- 
dum (d). Whereas the Horns we find here in Ireland 
are near thrice that Lengthy and above double that 
Weight 5 though dry 'd and much lighter from their be- 
ing fo long kept : But ! confcfs, I lay, this only by efti- 
raate. not having an opportunity to weigh exadtly a fin- 
gle Horn by it felf, though Fm fure 1 can't be much out. 
{d) That is, each Horn weighs about Twelve Pounds, and was in length 
almofl Two Foot, 
Moreover 
