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able in lhape to the Tusks of a Dog. In the upper Jaw, 
the longeft 5 ftanding on each fide, two or three of them, 
within fide of the Tusks. They have a (mall flat on their 
infides, againft which the Teeth of the under Jaw work $' 
which are much fmaller, and flat-fided. The fhape of 
thefe Teeth feems no way fitted, and their ftrength very 
fuperfluous, for the eating of green Leaves at the bottom of 
the Sea, as this Animal is fuppofed to do. 
The Figure which Olaus Magnus gives of this Animal, is 
fictitious. But that in Job. de Laet ( as to the Head at 
leaft ) is a very good one : from whom Wormius borrows 
his. One of the Cubs is accurately defcribed by Everh. 
V or ft i us, quoted by John de Laet, by Wormius, and by Ter* 
zagi in Sept alius s Mufkum. This Animal, when he goes, 
drags his hinder part after him, as the Seal. They always, 
faith Scaliger, (a) come on Land in Companies 3 and when O) Exer, 
they fieep, one of them, as among Cranes, isfet to watch. 2l8,S * 
They climb upon the Rocks on the Sea-fide by the help 
of their great Tusks, wherewith, as with two Hooks, they 
hold themfelves from fliping. They breed numeroufly 
near St. Lawrence Hie. 
Their Tusks are ufed by the Turks and Tartars for the 
making of Sword-Handles, (b) I have a Girdle, faith Wor- <g $ u j^ 
mius, (c) compofed of Plates made of thefe Tusks 3 which anum. 
being worn, is an infallible Remedy againft the Cramp s ^ Ibld ° 
a Spafmo proculdubio immune s reddit, 
A piece of a MORSE-HIDE. Than which, faith Wormi- 
us, I believe there is no Animal hath one more clofe and 
folid. I add, nor perhaps any that hath a thicker, being 
above half an inch thick. 
A PISLE,faid to be that of the MORSE. s Tis above a foot 
long , and feems to be only the exerted Part. At the 
Glans, half a foot about, now it is dry. The Muscovites, 
faith Vorftius, (d) take the Powder hereof to brine: away the U) Quoted 
Stone. y 
The MALE or WHITE SHARK. Canis Carcharias 
mas. See the Defcription hereof in Rondeletius. This is 
about two yards long, and near * of a yard over, where 
thickeft. But they are found fometimes fevenor eight 
yards in length, and more. One hath been taken, faith 
Gefner, from an other perfon, near four thoufand pounds 
N weight. 
