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firft among the Ancients, who mentions and defcribes 
this large and voracious Bull ; and it will appear by 
what follows, that moft of the fubfcquent Writers have 
copied him. His Defcription of this Animal, in fome 
Remains of his Treat ife of the Red Sea, which are 
extant in Fhotiua's Bihliotheca^ (h) and were from 
thence printed in the Geograph'ue veteris Script ores 
GracJ winores^ publiihed by Dr. Hudjon^ is, accord- 
ing to the Tranflation of Laurent ius Rhodoma>tnus^ 
as follow's, De Tamo Camivoro. Orr^mum^ quae adhuc 
commetnoravi, smwanijfimum ^ maxime indomtum e(l 
Taurorum qenus^ quod carnes vorat, magnitu^ine crajftus 
domeflicis ^ pernicitate anteceUens.iufigtiiter rnfuy». Os ei 
ad aures ujque dedu^um. f^ifus glauco colore wagis rutilat 
quam Leoni Cornua alias non [ecus atque aures movet^ 
- fed in pugna, ut firmo tenore conjifiant^ facit, 0>'do pilo~ 
rum inverfus, contra quam aim animantilus. Be/lias e- 
tiam vaLidifjimas aggreditur, ^ caeteras omnes venatury 
waxirreque greges incolarum znftjlos reddit maUficio. 
Solum ed lancea ^ area tnvulnerahtle y quod in caufa 
effy ut nemo id fuhigere. (quamvis multi id tent a- 
rintf) valuer it. Ideo relle putatury etiam h TroglodytiSy 
jortitudine leonis^ ^ velocitate equiy ^ rohore tauri 
praedttumy fenoque cedere nefeium. Diodorus Siculus 
( Hihlioth. Lib 111,) hath barely, and almofl Word tor 
Word, tranfc‘"ibed AgatharchideSy and hath added on- 
ly the following Particulars ; that the Eyes of this 
Animal are (hming at Night; that ah:er it hath 
killed other Beads, it devours them, and that, in its 
Attacks upon Hocks of Cattle, it is not to be terri- 
fied, either by the Strength of the Shepherds, or the 
great Number of Dogs. The following fhort Fafiage 
(b) P. I $<^ 4 . Cap. XXX IX. 
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