P A R T I. 
Of Qmdmfede s. 
of a foot long 5 as is evident in the Skull here preferved 5 
and other particulars mention'd by Columna in his copious 
Defcription hereof. 
The great prominency of the Os Jugule is alio obfer- 
vable; as being thereby fitted for the reception of marve¬ 
lous great and ftrong Mufcules for the drawing of his 
Chaps together. 
Rings made of his Teeth , are believed to be very ef¬ 
fectual againft the Cramp, (a) Thofc that fell Artificial (*) Chari. 
Teeth , ufually make them of the long Teeth of this Am- 0n ‘ ZocI ‘ 
mal, as being fuppofed the belt for this purpofe. 
His Teeth, fays Columna , arefo hard, that being {truck 
againft Steel, produce fparks of fire. And thence concludes 
it probable, That this Animal, by ftnking his Teeth one 
againft another, in the night time, might produce the like, 
and fo feem, as it were, to vomit or breath out fire 5 a 
thing attributed to him by the Ancients. But the error of 
this Conjecture is double : Firft in his not confidenng, That 
the fire (could any be produced by ftnking Steel againft 
thefe Teeth) would be ltruck not out of the Teeth, but 
out of the Steel. And next, In that, in truth, no fire can 
be produced by either ftrikingof thefe Teeth one againft 
another, or againft Steel it felf 5 as I have try’d. 
He is found in the Rivers Nile and Bamboth ; ( b ) as alfo 
near the Indian 5 and in Zaire , the great River of Congo, (c ) Strabo and 
Several Teeth, both of the tipper and nether Jaw of the ^"^ u ' f Scp „ 
Hipopotamm. Some fo big,that they feem to have belonged tai. up, & 
to a much bigger Skull, than this here. Lmfchot - 
A PISLE faid to be that of the HIP P O P O T A M U S. 2 ° 4 ’ 
It feems to be only that part of the Pifle which he exerts. 
P Tis in length, above a foot. The Gians even now it is dry, 
above feven Inches about. The other end very flender. 
The fore-TOOTH of a BEVIR, fo called from 
EIB E R, by a tranfpofition of Letters. ’Tis three Inches 
and half long, with the Root, or that part which is fixed 
in the Chap. Near half Inch broad. A little crooked, 
and diftorted or writhen. Triangular, the inner Angle 
more obtufe. Its end fharpen’d very obliquely, after the 
manner of a Chi gel. So that thefe Teeth may properly 
be called DENTES SCALPRARII: wherewith 
this Animal, as with fo many ftrong Chizels, pairs off the 
Barques of Trees for his ufe. The 
