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the Medal, in order to clear up that famous Paf- 
fage of Martial , Lib . de Speptac. N°. XXII. 
Namque gravem gemino cornu flc extulit urfum , 
JaPtat ut impofitas taurus in aftra pilas. 
Which has for many Ages puzzled the Critics, all 
thinking that the Rhinoceros was a real Unicorn 
or Animal, which never had any more than one 
Horn. See thefe Tranf. N®. 4.7c, p. 537. and 
befide the double Horns, or geminum Cornu , in 
Sir Hans Sloane\ Mufeum , 1 am told Dr. Mead 
has got another geminum Cornu like wife from 
Africa. 
Fig. 6. is the reverfe of the fame Medal, with this 
Infer iption imp domit avg germ and in the 
middle sc 
Fig. 7. is the Figure of the Rhinoceros magnified, 
that the Pofition of the 2 Horns might appear 
diftindl and plain. 
Fig . 8. a, by c, d , reprefent the Fietre de Serpente 
Cobra de Cabelo, of an Afh-colour and black. In 
that mark'd b, the dark Shade in the middle {hews 
an Hollow, which was Part of the Cavity of the 
Inlide of the Bone, e and f are rough Pieces of 
Bones, half-calcin’d, porous, and not polilh’d. The 
Figure and Defcription of the Buffalo, whofe 
Bones they ufe for this Purpofe, are given in Mr. 
Edwards’ s Hiftory of Birds, to which he has fub- 
joined the Figures and Defcriptions of fome few 
rare Quadrupeds. Flate 200, 
VII, 
