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In the Notes upon the laft Edition of Dr. Her- 
man's Cy no fur a Medica , publifhed by Dr. Boeder 
of Strasburg *, under the Title of ‘Vnicornu Fof- 
file, there is Mention made of a remarkable Piece 
of Foflil Ivory, or rather of an Elephant’s Tooth, 
in the Hands of Jaques Samfon de Rathfamhaufen 
de Ehenweyer , an Alfatian Nobleman. It was found 
in the Rhine upon one of his Eftates near Nome - 
ville, and was three Baris Foot, three Inches and 
a Half long: It had near a Foot at the Bafis in 
Circumference, where thickeft, and about 8 Inches 
and a Half at the other Extremity. It was filled 
within with a Sort of Marl, but the outward Sur- 
face was (tony in fome Places, and bony in others. 
The bony Part fcrap’d, or burnt, fmell’d like Ivory. 
The Scrapings boil’d made a Sort of Geliy. The 
Author of the Notes adds, That they find Foflii 
Ivory in feveral Parts of Europe, particularly in 
the Schwartzwald ( Sylva Hercynia) in Moravia , 
in Saxony , and near Canflad in the Dutchy of 
Wirtemberg. 
* 1716. 4 to, P. iii. fag. 133. 
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