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De Aquatilibus.
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Plinius iimplicitcr dentes eis exertos efle tradit. ApudProconnefios matris Dindymenae fimulachrum
fukaureum,cuiusfaciesproeboreedentibusequorumfluuiatiliumerat confe&a. id Cyziceni bello
vi&is abftulerunc, Paufanias in Arcadicis. Nympharena gema vrbis & gencis Perfice, nomen habct,fi-
milis Hippopotami dentibus,Plinius. Vide etiam paul6 ante exBellonio. qui quonia equinis hos den-
tescomparat, eofdemquevalidos, oblongos & obtufos effedicit,inmentemmihivenitdensnefcic.
cuiusanimalis,qualemnuperamicusmeusChriftianusHofpinianusvir erudicusin torrente quoda,
nifallor,agriTiguriniafeinuencummihidonauic. Forraam & magnitudinem hic
deline r auimus. Accepi & anceannosaliquotaliumfimilem aciuequodamnoftro,
qui adhuc alterum habet. Taies autem ac tanti aliquot, (vt idem mihi retulit ) ante
paucosannos inagro Salodorenfi Heluetiorum inuentifunt. Aiuntafoiforequo-
dam sdificij caufaterram eruente, repertum craneum figura rotudum, vnde homi-
nis id fuiife coniecerit:quod inftrumento fofforio ab eo percuflum (apparuifle enim
tumprimumcumiamdcftinareti6tum,necpoffetcohibere)moxvniuerfuminpul-
ueremabierit,itavtfolidentes fuperfuerint. An vero hominis hoc craneum, an
alteriusanimancis,hippopocami,auccameli, elcphantis force, fuerit, nonhabeo
quod dicam. Dens quem habeo , quamuis circa radicem non inceger, duas vncias
appendit, cum humani dentes plarrique omnes, etiam maiufculi, drachmam , id eft
o&auam vncix parcem finguli non excedanc: vnde conijciendume(fet,quemad-
modum dens ille communem fedecies excedit, itahominem quoque illum,fi homo
fuit,cociesaliorumhominum corpora excefliffe. QuafereproporcioneAnt.xi gi-
gancis corpus (illius enim eife putabatur, quodin Tinge Mauritaniae vrbe in fepul-
. chro repertum eft) noftra fuperauit, vtpote fexaginta cubitos longum , qui excelfus
ad quatuor quindecuplus eft. Sed figura humanis dentibus abfimilis videtur: qua-
drangulafere.lateraduovtrinquepianafunt:exc£eteris alterum partem extantem
latam oftendit, alias vtrinque deprtflas : alterum media parte angufta eminente, v-
trinqueinfulcoscarinatur.lo.Boccatiusindeorumgenealogiafcribit temporibus
fuis in SiciliahaudlongeaDrepanovrbe,gigantis corpusinuentum, quod attre&atum in puluerem
eftrefolutum.Conie&uraauteexcox£olfeinita,quodintegrum remanferat,longitudinis ducentom
cubitorufuiifeexiftimatucft. Tixsauteilliusdentes,quifoliinuentifuere 3 ponderis triumrotulorum
( ita 1 egio pondera nominat) fuiffe ait : qui vt memoria rei feruaretur, ante a ram Virginis ( cuius titu-
lus Annunciationis dicitur) pofiti fuerunt, plerifque exiftimantibus illud Erycis corpus fuilfe.
HIPPOPOTAMI AVT SIMILIVM FERARVM DESCRIPTIO-
nes ex recenttonbm Ttyttt orbk defirtpioribm.
Bellonium equidem verum hippopotamum nobis primum noftro feculo, cu iam extranaturam ab-
ij.fe&nufquamampliusapparerehancferam,aliquicrederent,cxhibui(feiudico,& magnas ci gra-
tiashabeo.Quanquamenimequinicorporisfpecies,quamnomen praefeferc, ineonon fit, notaeta-
men pkrzque omnes a veteribus traditse, ei conueniunt. Qu6dfi dorfoiubaque, vtPliniusfcribit,e-
quum refert, & infuper hinnitu : item interioribus omnibus , non eft qu6d aliam roftri corporisue e-
quinam formam in eo requiramus. Fieri etiam poteft vt in diueriis regionibus, i€gypto , j£thiopia,In-
dia, fpecies huius feiae diuerfx reperiantur,aut magnitudine faltcm formaque nonnihil cuarient: vt ex 4?
ijs, quaeapudrccentioresfcriptores duos habentur defcriptionibus ( qui tamen hippopocamum vc-
terum quod vtrique depingunt animal eife ignorarunt) hic (ubijciendis lector ftudioius colhget.
Quinouumorbemobiuerunt,influmineGambranuncupato,teftanturpifccmprocreariVituhma-
rinifpeciemfimilitudinemquegerentem,pra!tercaput,quodcquinum exiftit. Nam quemadmodum
vitulus partim aquatilis, partim terrenus habetur, fic is in vtraque fede viuit , eademque eft qua vacca
corporis vaftitate, prseterquam qubd cruribus eftlonge gracilioribus : Itemque bifulcis pedibus, cum
ducfbusdentibus adlatera eminentibus, atqueadeo magnitudine ad duos dodrantes ( Cjdtw dodramu
dtxity mthorexauo iranfirtbttpalmos, eodem ptttojenfu) accedentibus, ficut aper, armatur. Egreditur inter-
dum hoc animal flumen,& terram petit, vt quadrupedesmec alibi quam hac in regione humlmodi am-
mal inuenitur, Aloyfius Cadamuftus Nauigationis ad terras ignotas captte 44.
ExlibroNauiaationisHamburgenfiscuiufdam,quaepera6i:aeftannoSalutis m. d. xnx.Infula
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religionisMahumedic^:illicadlitusmarisvifunturpifces equinafpecie, crunbus breuibus &pm-
natis,pilisbreuiflimis.Verfanturillivtplurimumcircalitorafruticofaaut fyluofa ( Germanice icri»
bit, anden Seekamen vvo bufcbefitnd, ) & hominibus infidiantur, quos comprehenfos roranc. Quamob-
remaccolefrutetarefecant,neineislatitarepoffint.quipr ? uident,facileeuadit.
Morfsammal. CircaoftiaPet Z or ? fluuij(inquitSigifmundusLiberBaroin Comme~tarijsrerumMofcouiticarum)
qux funt dextrofum ab oftii s Duuin ? , varia magnaque in Oceano dicuntur eile ammalia. Inter aha au -
temanimalquoddammagnitudinebouis,quodaccol ? Morsappellant.Breues huic, inftar caftorum,
funtpedes . pedore p roreliquicorporisfuiproportionealiquantoaltiore,latioreque, dentibus fu- 60
penoribusduobusinTongumprominentibus. Hoeanimalfobolis ac quietiscaufacumfuigenensa-
nimalibus, Oceano relido, gregatim montes petit : vbi antequam fomno, quo naturaprof undiorc o P -
primitur,fededent, vigilem,gruuminftar,exfuo numero conftituit. qui fi obdormifcat, autfortea
venatore occidatur, reliqua tum faciie capi poffunt. fin mugitu, vt folet, fignum dederit,mox reiiquus
% C rexfxcitatus,pofterioribuspedibusdentibus admotis, fumma celentate, tanquam vehiculo, pec
moncem delapfi, in Oceanum fe prscipitant: vbi in fupcrnatantibus glacierum fruftis pro tempore et -
iamquiefcerefolenc.Eaanimaliavenacoixs,folospropceriencesin(ea:ancur:exquibusMofci,Tar-
tari, & inprimis Turci, eladiorum &pugionum manubria affabr^ faciunc: hifque pro ornamento ma-
gis,quam ▼ t grauiores idus ( vt quidam fabulatus eft) incutianc, vtumur. Porr6 apud Turcos , Mofcos

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Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae animalium liber IV : qui est De piscium & aquatilium animantium natura : cum iconibus singulorum ad viuum expressis ferè omnibus DCCXII.
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