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it, or Sucotario^ a very large and odd-fhaped Bead:, 
mentioned and figured hy Nieuhoff in his Voyages 
and Travels to ihG.Eafl-In^ies , where he gives 
the following Defer' ption of it : It is of the Bignefs 
cf a large Ox, with a Snout like a Hog^ two long rough 
Ears^ and a thick hufhy fail. The Eyes are placed up- 
right in the Heady quite different from other Beajls ; on 
the fide of the Head next to the Eyes Jiand two long 
Horns^ or rather Teethy not quite fo thick, as thofe of the 
Elephant, It feeds upon Her h age, and is hut feldom ta- 
ken. Many People thereupon went to fee thtm at Mr. 
Doyly Sy who was offered a confiderable Sum of Money 
for them, but refufed it, and after a very fevere 
Sicknefs, wherein I attended him, very much, as he 
thought, to his Advantage, he made me a Prefent of 
them. 
They are both almpff: ftreight for a confiderable 
length, and then turning crooked, they run on rape- 
ring towards a fmall and pretty lliarp end. They are 
not round, but comprefied and flattifh, and have large 
tranfverfe Sulci, or Furrows on their Surfaces, waved 
or undulated on their under parts. They differ Tome 
fmall matter inlargenefs. Meafuring one [Fig. c ] from 
the great end, or Bafisy A B, where it was fixed to the 
Head, along the outward Circumference, 1 found the 
length ACD to be fix Feet, fix Inches and a half, the 
length by the Line B D was four Feet q i Inches, the 
Diameter of the Bafts A B was 6 i- Inches and its Cir- 
cumference one Foot five Inches. This weighed xt 
Pounds, lo Ounces, and contained in the hollow part 
exadUy five quarts of Water. In the other [Fig. x.] the 
length of the outw'ard Circumference A C D was.Tix 
feet four inches, the Line B D four feet feven in- 
fa) P, 360. of the Englijh Edition^ 
G g z ches. 
