The dif: 
leaves of 
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the Covert of Reeds and Fens ; fortho’ it loves Water very well, 
yet it would be very hurtful to fuch an unweildy Animal to Ive 
down among fuch moifture as Reeds ufually grow in, or the be- 
ing among the Willows of the Brook would import. 6. At the 
taking of an Elephant they nevejfcpretend toen&are it by the Pro- 
bo fits 1 and when taken it is a moft decile Creature, it being more 
compatible for the Hippopotamos topaf. through Snares: The ufual 
way of catching it being in Nets made of Iron, which they make 
on purpofe at Damafcw, as Albertus and Ptncentitu affirm-, 
and when taken, is no ways managable, but they are forc’d to 
kiil it with Iron Mallets, becaufe of the thicknefs of the Skin. 
7. ’Thp the Bones of the Elephant be proportionably big enough, 
yet they are far.from fhcb Strength as to make a Parallel between 
them and Hrafs or Iron ^ for they lhall be fnew.n hereafter to be 
more porous than the Bones of molt Quadrupeds : And although 
their Tu>ks ar.d Teeth may be fald to exceed all other Bones in 
Solidity and Whitenefs, yet lam allur'd, that the Teeth of the 
H ppopotatxos doth even exceed them *, for the Ivory of an Elephant 
after fome time becomes 't ellow, and the Teeth of the Httpcp*- 
tamos when apply d to any ufe, continue always of a pure white 
Colour.. 
(; , t An Elephant in the Syriac and Arabic is Senhab , blit in the 
- p e Chaldaic and later Hebrew *tis taken for Elephant's Teeth, be- 
. caufe Sen in the Hebrew figsifies a Tooth. Hence it is, that 1 
Kings, Ch. 10. V. 02. ’tis l'endred by Junius, &tc, Ebora , Sent as 
& Pavones , Ivor,, Apes and Peacocks , in our Tranflation -, where 
Senhab is rendred by the later Hebrews, Dentes Eltphantorum, but 
by the Syrians and the Arabians, Elephantos ; and therefore Bo- 
chan thinks it ffiould rather have been Elephantos, Simas cr Pa • 
vones : Firft, becaufe of their better Coherence and fecondly, 
becaufe Ivory would not have been Senhabim in the Plural Number, 
but Senhab , Dsns Elephantis • for Ivory is denoted elfewhere in 
.Scripture by the Word Sen, as V. 18. of that fame Chapter, where 
’tis faid, Solomon built a greac Throne of Ivory. Sendephil alfo in 
the Chaldaic Phrafe is taken for Ivoiy -, for Phil iignihes an Elephant 
both in the Syriac, Chaldaic and Arabic. An Elephant in the An- 
cient Hebrew was call’d Alilfipaban, and by Contra&ion Alkaban , 
that it may be diftinguifh’d from Jkhaban, which dignifies a Buffie 
or Bugle, becaufe both are of that Colour : So Bochart conje- 
ftures, that Sen being prepon’d to Kahab , may by Contraction 
be call'd Senhab, which by a Synecdoche may mean the whole 
