24 of %lUtm s or , 
2. They never gorge themfdycs by^eating 
too much ; and if at any time they do eat more 
then they fhould do , they puniih themfdves 
afterwards by abttainii^g from meat for fome dayes, 
that they may be ready to right, or for any 
flight if occafion ihouldbc; which is a greatEx- 
ample of Temperance and providence. 
3. They never couple with any ftrangc ~EJtfhants^ 
nor with their own very often , but only for ge- 
neration-fake j and that not in the fight of other 
^lefhdutSy but in private by themfelvcs. 
Neither doth he return to his fcllowcs before he 
be very well wafhed ; and while the female is 
big the male doth not leave her , but is alwaycs 
with her ready to defend her ; The is faid to carry 
her young two years, and to bring forth in the 
v/ater, becaufe fhe is very much afraid of the dra- 
gon. Others report of the Elephant , that flie 
brings forth but once in her lifes and then but one 
neitherj which Scaliger, Exercitat. 204. Seft. 1 
feems to deny, becaufe ( fayth he ) there are feen 
many young ones to go by the fide of oneE/if- 
phmt. ■ 
4. They never leave their young ones but are 
alwayes with them, to defend them, and will lofc 
their life as foonas their young: when they go in 
companyes , the oldeft goeth fore-molt ; when 
they 'are to go over the water , they carry their 
young' pnes in their fnowt , fome carry them in 
their teeth ; thofe that are bigger follow them- 
fob the great ones can go. over where the young 
ones cannot ; all wl%h arc as it were lhadowes of 
pve and gentlenefs, ' T*They 
