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and myfelf, to fell. The two former not caring to buy 
feveral of them, they fell into my Hands. Among 
the reft which I purchafcd were fomeof thefe Stones, 
which were by him call’d RJhinoceros-Bezoars, which 
I fuppofed were taken cut of the Stomach or Guts 
of that large Animal. 
Thefe Produ&ions or Bezoars, as they are com- 
monly call’d, confift of feveral Coats made up of 
feveral Parts attra&ed by their Centers, fuch as the 
Stones of Fruits, and other indigeftable Subftances 
fwallowed with its Food, after the manner of thofe 
found in the Stomach and Inteftines of Mankind, 
and other Animals. The uppermolt Coat or Layer 
of this Bezoar is made up of feveral brown (Mated 
fmall Knobs or Tubercles fomething like low Warts, 
diftant from one another, and making its outermoft 
Surface very unequal, as well appears by the Figure 
of it hereunto annexed, Tab. II. Fig. i, and 2. diffe- 
rent from the other Bezoars whofe Surface is generally 
fmooth. Thofe I have of this Bezoar are of different 
Sizes and Diameters, the largeft about the Bignefs of 
an Orange, heavy, and as hard as Stone, and capable 
of being polifhed. 
Redi relates great Virtues belonging to them, as 
told by the Bringers of them from the Raft Indies \ 
fuch as, being tied to the Hip or Leg of a Woman 
in Travail, it helps her Delivery, and without Pain, 
even if the Child be dead ; but with this Caution, 
that, immediately after the Birth, it fhould be re- 
moved i for if it remains tied there, it brings away 
the Womb, <&c. and the Woman dies. 
This I believe to be attributed to them from their 
Center’s being fometimes loofc, and rattling within, 
like 
