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queftion is, Whether thefe Dogs might not have liv'd 
without the Horn. As fome Dogs that have been bitten 
by an Adder, have been obferv'd to get over their Con- 
vulfions, and recover. It is alfo faid in one of the Expe- 
riments, that the Dog which liv d, vomited : and in the 
other, there is nothing faid to the contrary. The queftion 
therefore is, Whether many other things, which will caufe 
vomiting, may not do as well, as this fo much celebrated 
Horn ? 
Whatever it may perform againft Poifon, it hath, faith 
Barthol'me, been very fuccefsfully ufed by Phyfitians in 
Malignant Fevers. As in that, which at Copenhagen in the 
years 1652, and 1653. was very brief: and which it 
Hft Colic 01 ' carr ^ °^ Wlt ' 1 ver y S reat Sweats, (a) It was ufed alfo by 
en ' 4 ' Albert us Kyperus at Ley den in the Year 1655. in the like 
(b) ibid. Caf e? ail d with the like fuccefs. (b) And that the fweating 
proceeded not meerly from Natures own ftrength over 
the Difeafe, but as fhe was helped by the ufe of the Horn 5 
(0 ibid. f eems probable from what Bartholine further faith , (c ) 
That a fcruple or hereof being given in Card urn-Watery 
other convenient Liquor , caufeth a free and copious 
fweating, even in thofe that are not ufed to fweat, except 
with much difficulty. 
Heretofore, the chief Bifhops in Denmark^ , ufed to make 
(d) ibid, their Epifcopal Staffs of thefe Horns, (d) The Natives of 
Groenland^xA other Places where the Sea-Zlnicome is taken, 
arm the fharp ends of the thicker!: and longed of thefe 
Horns with Iron Beards, and fo ufe them for the wound- 
ing and taking of Whales. 
The Sea-Vnicor?ie is it felf a leffer Whale, and is that Spe? 
cies which the People of Ijland, where there are many, call 
Narwhal. The figure which Olaus Magnus gives of the 
Head, is fictitious. 
A PIECE of the SEA-UNICORNS HORN. 
The SAW-FISH. Priflk. Johnfton hath given a good 
(e) Tab. 4. figure (e) hereof, but without either Name or Defcription. 
And that of Wormius is defective, and in fome particulars, 
out. 
This here is a young One ; from the end of the Saw 
to the end of the Tail, four feet.' The Saw it felf above a 
foot 5 near its Bafts, two inches broad 5 at the fore-end, 
one 
