Part L Of Quadrufedes. 15 
of a foot long 3 as is evident in the Skull here prefer ved 3 
and other particulars mention d by Columna in his copious 
Defcnption hereof. 
The great prominency of the Os Jugule is alfo obfer- 
vable 5 as being thereby fitted for the reception of marve- 
lous great and ftrong Mufcules for the drawing of his 
Chaps together. 
Rings made of his Teeth, are believed to be very ef- 
fectual againft the Cramp, (a) Thofe that fell Artificial U) chart 
Teeth, ufually make them of the long Teeth of this Am- ° n * Zoci ° 
mal, as being fuppofed the beft for this purpofe. 
His Teeth, fays Columna, are fo hard, that being (truck 
againft Steel, produce fparks of fire. And thence concludes 
it probable, That this Animal, by ftriking his Teeth one 
againft another, 111 the night time, might produce the like, 
and fo feem, as it were, to vomit or breath out fire 3 a 
thing attributed to him by the Ancients. But the error of 
this Conjecture is double : Firft in his not confidering, That 
the fire ( could any be produced by ftriking Steel againft 
thefe Teeth ) would be ftruck not out of the Teeth, but 
out of the Steel. And next, In that, in truth, no fire can 
be produced by either ftriking of thefe Teeth one againft 
another, or againft Steel it felf 3 as I havetry'd. 
He is found in the Rivers Nile and Bamhoth 3 (b) as alfo f> Fak Co / 
1 T / 1 • 1 • / m ' 0Ut °f 
near the Indian 3 and in Zaire, the great River of Congo, (c) Strabo and 
Several Teeth, both of the upper and nether Jaw of the s ( ° c f^ ;Sc ^ 
Hipopotamus. Some fo big,that they feem to have belonged tai. c. 29. & 
to a much bigger Skull, than this here. Linfchot. 
A PISLE faid to be that of the HIPPOPOTAMUS. 2 ° 4 ' 
It feems to be only that part of the Pifle which he exerts. 
Tis in length, above a foot. The Glans even now it is dry, 
above feven Inches about. The other end very {lender. 
The fore-TOOTH of a BEVIR, fo called from 
P I B E R, by a tranfpofition of Letters. 'Tis three Inches 
and half long, with the Root, or that part which is fixed 
in the Chap. Near half Inch broad. A little crooked, 
and diftorted or writhen. Triangular, the inner Angle 
more obtufe. Its end lharpen d very obliquely, after the 
manner of a Chizel. So that thefe Teeth may properly 
be called DENTES S C A L P R A R 1 1: wherewith 
this Animal, as with fo many ftrong Chizels, pairs off the 
Barques of Trees for his ufe. The 
