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idly. Remove fome miflakes which have been entertain'd, con- 
cerning its Original Names in the Holy Scriptures. 
idly, Give a fhort Hiflorical Account from Authors of the 
feveral Natural Fuaftions and Automatical Performances of this 
Animal, with the Method of taking and taming it. 
Aihly, I fha!l give fuch a Superficial Anatomical Defcription 
of its Parts, as the Inconveniences I labour’d under at the open- 
ing would permit. 
5 thly, I fhall give an cxa& Defcription of all its Bones, fuch as 
is ufually given in Treadles of Ojleologie, with a particular Ac- 
count of the Dimenfions of thefe in chisSubjed. 
6rh!y , A true Account of their Weight and Number. 
7 thly, The Method I us’d in mounting the Sceleton. 
To all thefe I have added the Figures of the fluff d Skin, mount- 
ed Sceleton, feparated Bones in different Views, and other Parts 
of this Animal ; all done from the Original, fand reprefented in 
feveral large Copper Plates,) as it now Hands in the Hall of Rari- 
ties in this Place; the Copy whereof the Royal Society has been 
already pleafed to approve, as intimated in yours to me in June 
la It. 
After this Animal had travell’d moft part of Europe , fhe came ffow the Ble- 
at laft to this Kingdom; where, after fome Hay at Edinburgh, phant fell m 
they conducted her to the North, and in their return came along our way. 
the Sea-Coaft; where being but few Places on the Road for ma- 
king Advantage, by long and continued Marches they haHned 
hither •, and when they were come within a Mile of this Place, the 
poo r Beafij, much fatigu’d and wearied, fell down. They us d ma- 
ny Endeavours to get her on foot again, but they all prov’d in- 
effectual. At laffc they digg’d a deep Ditch, to whofe Side fhe 
might lean, till fhe were fufficiently relied ; but that proved her 
Ruin ; for fhortly afterwards there fell great Rains, which fill’d 
the Ditch with Water : So that after lying in the puddle a whole 
Day, fire died next Morning, being Saturday April the i~nh iyc6. 
When the Keepers faw that fhe was Dead ; they came to the Ma- 
li 2 gifhtasi 
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