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the buttons and the ends of ttie branches ^ whence come fo ma- 
ny different figurrs/Tis furthernoted,thac the Country-people 
by feeling the belly of the Anlaia! that breeds the Bezoar^ 
know what quantity it hach, and fell it accordingly.They Aide 
both hands under the belly , and beat the paunch longwaiesoii 
both fides, whereby all the ftones are ftid to fall into the xn\d- 
die of the paunch , whereby they are enabled to count their 
number. Tis further obferv'd^that the Bezoarisvery liable to 
be counterfeited,evenby giving to the falfe ones as many coats 
as the true ones are wont to have. But to difcern the cheatjyou 
muft either weigh it,and then lay it for fome time in luke- warns 
water ; and, if the water changes not its colour^and the Eezoar 
lofes nothing of its w^eighr, 'tis not counterfeit : Or, you mufi: 
touch it with "a pointed Iron heated red-hot *, and if the Iron 
enters^ard makes it brown like fried meat, 'ris not natural Con- 
ceroing the value of Bezoar, our Author affirms that it rifeth 
as that of Diamoi>d^doth : For, if five or fix Bezoars together 
weigh ooe ounce, they are fold for i s to i8 French Uvres ; but 
if one Bezoar weighs one ounce, that ounce is worth loo fuch 
/ii/m.He faithjthac he hath fold one of 4^- ounces, for 2000 Fr. 
Ihres. Tht Goat that breeds thefeStones,is,by hisdefcription, 
a very fineand tall creature,having hair as fineasfilk* 
1 6. That there is alfo a fort of Bezoar, yielded by Ccmoi 
that Country, but not much efi:eemed. Another fort there is,bred 
by Apes, mMacajfar^ fo ftrong,that two grains do as much as 
fix of that of the Goats* This, hefiith, is alwaies round, much 
rarer and therefore much dearer than theother. 
1 7. That there is another Stone, highly efteem'd, called the 
Pmufm Jtof^e^which is in the head of this Animal, though fome- 
times alfo in its bellyjfaid to be more foveraign againft poyibn 
than any Bezoar. Having been infus'd a quarter of an hour m 
water, 'tis here affirm'd to be as bitter as any thing in the world* 
1%, T\^dit Serpentm-ftme^ is alfo held very excellent for 
drawing out poyfon. 
NB' It was omitted above, in ».9. that the figure of that 
big Diamond of theG*Mi?^(?/isthat of half a Hens-egg jasalfo^ ' 
that the biggeft Diamond of the G. Duke of Tufia^y \s of 139^ " 
carats^ tending fomewhat to a Citron- colour. At Golcmda our 
Author faith to have feen one of carats, for w hich they 
asked 750000 French Ihr^s^QX 500000 jRi?///>/>/;i^. Headds,thaC 
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