5 2 Of Quadruped 's, Part 1 
by the help of fire, like Cows horns, be reduced to any 
lhape. Whether this be naturally twifted, or by art, I will 
not determine. Terzagi in Septalius's Mufaum mentions 
though not a Spiral, yet ftrait Tusk of an Elephant, two 
yards high, and 1 6o pounds in weight. 
The LEG BONE of an ELEPHANT. It was 
brought out of Syria for the Thigh-Bone of a Giant. But 
the proportion which the thicknefs bears to the length of 
the Bone, fhews it to be the Bone not of a Man, but an 
Elephant. For the Leg-Bone is ufually about * of an inch 
over : and fo its traverfe Area contains about (4^) fquare 
eighths of an inch. But this Bone is above four inches over, 
in the tranfverfe^mz whereof therefore,are contained about 
( 1088) fquare eighths of an inch. Which number (1088) 
being divided by (42) gives (22) for the Quotient. So 
that it is two and twenty times as thick as the Leg-Bone of 
a Man : I mean, the tranfverfe Area of the one contain- 
eth that of the other 2 2 times. Yet is it but three times 
as long 5 and therefore fhould contain the fame but about 
nine times , were it the Leg-Bone of a Man. Tis 
about a yard and ^ foot long, and above a foot about in 
the flendereft part. And the fhape of it, Ihews it to have 
belonged to the Leg, and not the Thigh. The Elepha?it to 
which it did belong, might be about five yards high. 
Another LEG-BONE of an ELEPHANT, fcarce 
fo long, but of equal thicknefs, Given by Sir Thomas 
Brown of Norwich. 
Elephants are brought into Europe out of Ceylan,Sumatra, 
Cochin, Siam, Bontam, Melinda, &c. But they breed moft 
^2 Li &? 01 ' * n kingdoms of Aracan and Pegu, (a) In the Ifland of 
Ceylon, moft docile. The Ethiopians behind Mozambique 
eat them, and fell their Teeth. The Indians ufe them to 
draw, and Ihip their Goods. In Winter, when it begins 
to rain, they are altogether mad and ungovernable, and fo 
continue from April to September, chain d to fome Tree $ 
(b) ibid, after that, they become tame and ferviceable again, (b) See 
more of the nature,and ingenuity ^and of the way of hunting 
( c ) EaftJnd. and taming them, in Linfchotus and Tavernere. (c) 
Voyase * One of the GRINDERS of an ELEPHANT. 
He hath four of thefe Teeth in each Jaw, wherewith he 
grinds his meat. This here is above a foot long. But 
the 
