I S Clic of s or; 
hisao4.Exercit .* cloth relate that he law an Jf/r- 
f ham’s tooth longer then a man ; his teeth are 
called ivory, of which in Africa and <iAlthiefia 
are made pofts, pales, hedges, and rtye« for 
j hath it in the 3. Boox of his 
Georg, 
Inforihm fugnam Ex astro folldaq^e E Itfhante, 
5. From his foot fteps, the diameter of which 
was feen to be 5. hands and a thumb. 
6, From his nofe , for he hath a fnowt which 
he maketh ufe of to take up bis fodder , which 
he can extend 10. cubits in length; i;c lovethto 
be in waterifh and fenny places ; untill he is 
hindered from taking breath by fome weeds, &c. 
that hang over his fnowt ; for by reafou of 
the vaftnefs of his body he cannot eafily come 
out of the water ; his height is judged to be 16, 
foot; that it doth delight in fenny places , Joh 
feemeth to intimate in his 4o.Chap and ri.v.where 
hefayth, he lyeth under theihady trees, in the 
Covert of the reeds and fenns : although fome 
would underftand this of the vallnefs of his body, 
which is fo great that it cannot be covered by 
iti«ny trees; yet withall it fhewsthat it doth delight 
to be in fenny places. 
We may conlidcr the ftrength of this Creature 
from thefe 6. particulars. 
I. That lib. 9th of the Hitt, of 
»(*//, affirmeth that it can overthrow a boufe. 
%, That Xtejim himfelf faw an Elephant pluck 
up a palme-tree by the root^ and when he had 
done he fpurn’d it away with his feet.* 
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