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Moreover the Elche^ as defcribed by Apollonm Me* 
nalems^ who had fecn many of them, is no larger than 
a m;d!ing Horfe : ihefe are are his own Words, as quo- 
ted by AldrovanJus : flahet hoc An'ma. cra[fitiem 
prcceritiitem mediocrh (S p^^g^^^ £^«/ (e\ Ana agree- 
able to th.'s is the Rthtion given in the Memirs or the 
Parifian Anatomifls, u 1 o difie(9:( d one of them : Andl 
remember Mr Dmconihey then one of the. Lords Jufli- 
ces of Ireland^ t J^; me, when he u as Envoy in Sweden^ 
he had fecn there above a Hundred Elches togtitther in 
a Herdy and. none of them above Five Foor high ; and 
if fo, we cannot imagine a Creature of thit fmall Size, 
could poffibly fupport fo la ge and heavy a Head, with 
fo wide and fpreading a Pair of Horns as thefe we are 
fpeaking of ; conridering that exadl Symetry, and due 
Proportion of Parts, NatVe oblerves in the Formation 
of all the larger and perfeder fort of Animals. 
We maft then look out, and try if we can difcover 
among the various Species of Quadrupeds, fome other, 
whofe Size and Dcfcription will better agree with this 
mr Irlfh Animal than that of the Elche does ; And after 
all our Inquiry, we certaioly ftian c difcover any one 
that in all refpefts exactly anfwcrs it, fave only that 
Lofty Horned Beafi mth^Wsfl' Indies, calfd, ^Moofe. 
This Apima! I find defcribed by Mr. 'john Jojfelyny 
among his New England Rarities in thefe Words : The 
Moofe Dcir^ common in thefe Parts^ is a very goodly 
Creature^ fome of them twelve Foot high^ (in height, fays 
another Author more particularly^ From the Joe of the 
Fdrefoot to the Fitch of the Shoulder^ Twelve Foot ; in 
(je) That is, this Animal is about the Height and Tbicknefs of a mid- 
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