14 Of Oyadmpedes. Part I. 
The GREAT TAM ANDUA 5 by the People of 
Brafde.Tamandua-guacu 3 by the Eng/ijbfhc Great Ant-Bear^ 
Becaufe he feeds upon Ants, and is fhagg d, and hinder- 
footed almoft like a Bear. He hath alfo a very long and 
fharp Snout, a flender Tongue, and extenfible to a great 
length, alfo a long and brufhy Tail : which are his prin- 
cipal Characters. See him described in John, de Laet y out 
of Lerius, in Gidiel. Pifo, Marggravius, and others. Abbez- 
(a) Lib. 1 5. villamis, quoted alfo by Job. de Laet, (a) hath given a 
C,X5 * different Defcription 5 and probably a falfe one. 
He catcheth Ants by fcratching open their fubterraneal 
Hives, and then thrufting his Tongue into them $ which 
after a while , he draws back into his mouth laden with 
ResBraa 1 the Prey, (b) He ufeth his Tail for a Cover, which, like a 
p- 223. Squirrel, he fometimes fpreads over his whole body, (c) 
co ibid. The skull of the RIVER-HORSE or HIP- 
POPOTAMUS. If we refpect his Figure, he were more 
properly called BUPOT AMUS, or RIVER-OXE. 
And accordingly the Germans rightly call him Wafer- 
Ocks 3 and the Italians at Confta?iti?iople B O M A R I N. 
The fame Animal , which in the Book of Job is called 
BEHEMOTH-^ as is folidly proved by Bochart, in his 
Hierozoicon. He is almoft every where defcribed very 
falfly. Ariflotle falfly gives him a Maine, like that of a 
(J) chin. Horfe : deluded, 'tis likely, by the Name. Kircher (cf) 
falfly gives him all Horfe Teeth. In the Mufezum Roma- 
num, he is defcribed with double Hoofs like an Ox, and 
pictured with four or five Claws like a Bear 3 neither truly. 
Bellonius , who faw one alive, but yet very young , was 
the rirft that hath given any tollerable Defcription of him. 
Yet as to the Teeth, he is miftaken, comparing them all to 
thofe of a Horfe : probably becaufe they were not yet 
fum F Hb" C de S rown - ( e ) But Colunma, who alfo faw one, and that full 
Aquat. & grown, hath given a moll accurate Defcription hereof, 
Terreft. } 11S principal Characters being thefe 3 Four yards and half 
long, about two yards high, a yard and half broad. Short 
leg'd. Cloven-hoofed 3 yet not with two, but four Hoofs, 
aid Sits Tailed like a Tortoife. ( Or like a Hog, (f) which he alfo 
quo ed by twirls in the fame manner ) Head almoft like an Ox. His 
Bochan. chaps wide. His Eyes fmall. His fore Teeth prodigioufly 
great, being fome of them * a foot round about, above i 
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