that tho’ they may live to fome of the fore mentioned Ag£s, yet 
moftly them perilh before they come to fcch length. 
,r. r Tis certainly an Animal of confiderable Bignefs ; but whether 
c c ihc hi- t S ever ^°i ar g eas t0 contain 32 ftrong Men upon its Back, as is 
uliltr- * * re i ate d : Maccabib. 6. v. 57. befide the Indian that govern'd it, is 
1 ' u much to be doubted ; and ’tis more probable that this is an Error 
in the Impreflion, as is well enough obferv d by Grentemefml, who 
Bochart de inftead ot "AvJ'h luva.^ m <Tuo x) t exduvro. hi mktfiZv 7 u £«•’ aviiT *, Viri 
Animal. S.S. fortes duo & triginta, pugnantes in ijs, believes it (hould be rather, 
4 ) (T 2y ^ A .. t\* ~ S'' m I mi S 11 + *.\ « A i A U I / V A II Tl * 1/ 17 f k Alil/nirA« a /»*■ ' .»■ . — _ I « V* J IIa 
QL 2<5p 
Phil oft • bb. 
2. r. 
i. 
7-ieliod. lib- 
9 - 
Cap* 62. 
hj/S'ii S'vvdpUiCOS <A/0 MTfsTf tZKOVVOlt TUMpth/Tit i'Zr' evj-rzii, Viri fortes Auo 
aut tres pugnantes Jnpcr ipfot Jacutis. indeed Philoflratut fpeaks 
of 10 or 15 Indians fighting in Cattles with Darts on Elephants 
Backs : And Paulus Vsneta fays, that in the Ginger Ifiands they have 
3.G41. Wooden Cattles upon Elephant’s Backs, which can contain 1 5 or 20 
Men. But the Learned Hochart very pleafantly fays of thefe Au- 
thors, tha tdemagnis major a loquttmur } becaufe this is a bigBeaft, 
they delight to fpeak at random of it. I rather believe what Hf 
liodorus fay ; , that the Towers upon the Elephants Backs could con- 
tain 6 fighting Men, who from each fide drew Darts, the hinder 
part remaining void •, or Cadamufius, that they put Towers upon 
the Back, which can hold 3 or 4 Men that fight upon them; and 
tsElianus, that they carry 3 Warriours fightii g from either fide, 
and the 4th which governs them. Which 3 laft Accounts feem 
very well to quadrate with the ufual height aferib’d to them ; 
About which fome Authors talking more largely, tell us of 18 
or 16 foot high 3 but the moft received Account is, that they are 
from 1 3 to 8 foot : So that as our Elephant was none of the big- 
geft, lhe did not feem to have been any of the ieaft fize. I fhall 
give you her particular Dimenfions hereafter. 
The next to be confider’d, is their manner of Procreation, 
about which Authors differ very much. All agree that it is an 
Animal of extraordinary Modefty, and therefore never copu- 
lates in view of any, which becaufe ’tis a big unweildy Body, 
hath put Authors to a lofs as to the Pofture. Some averting, that 
it is Retrocoient and Retromingent; among whom is Dr .Monlins, 
from an Obfervation he has made ot the Situation and Strudure 
of the Penis. Others obferving the dittance betwixt the Anus and 
Vagina, and that theDuggs are fituated between the fore Limbs, 
are of Opinion, that the Female is in a Supine, and the Male in 
a Prone Pofture : Among whom is Tavernier , who tells us, 4 That 
* the Female gathers a great deal of Herbs and Weeds, and makes 
her 
Their man- 
ner- of Pro- 
creation. 
