. A Collection of voyages and travels [microform] : some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English : in six volumes with a general preface giving an account of the progress of navigation from its first beginning. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 4^6 A Description of. XWling of H'Aitr of I heir tone: Tiiiir t»Ut vper/ltifii. Si'ty fh from fire. mliJtgi The elephant when (Iruck with a lance or javelin, will ufc all means to aflault and kill the perfon that wounded him â¢, but as if it would teach the beaitly Blacks hu- manity, neither eats t
. A Collection of voyages and travels [microform] : some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English : in six volumes with a general preface giving an account of the progress of navigation from its first beginning. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 4^6 A Description of. XWling of H'Aitr of I heir tone: Tiiiir t»Ut vper/ltifii. Si'ty fh from fire. mliJtgi The elephant when (Iruck with a lance or javelin, will ufc all means to aflault and kill the perfon that wounded him â¢, but as if it would teach the beaitly Blacks hu- manity, neither eats the body, nor infults over it: but making a hole with his teeth in the ground, throws it in, and covers the place again with earth and boughs of trees. Therefore the hunters, when they have woun- ded an elephant, hide themfelves for a while, and then fellow at a diltance, till being weakened with lofs of blood, tlicy dare draw nearer and kill the bealt. Thole fiLicks know not how to take elephants alive, as ihey do in the Eajl-Inltes. In the country of Sogno, wiien the ele- phants are together in a herd, the hunter anointing himfelf all over with tjuir tiung, gets in dexteroufly with his lance in iiis among them, and creeps about unticr their bellies, till he has an opportunity to llrike one of them under the ear, whicii is the belt place to bring them down. The ilroke be- ing given, he immediately makes his efcape, before liie elephant can turn about to re venge himfelf. The other elephants de- ceiv'd by the fmell of the dung, take lefs notice of his roaring; and thus the relt of the herd walking on, and forfaking their wounded companion, leave him a prey to the fuccefsful hunter. If the elephant pur- fues him, he eafdy makes his efcape by dodging, becaufe the bealt cannot turn fo nimbly. The natives diftil a water from the bones . of the elephants legs, whicii is reckon'd ve- ry good againft afthma's, fciatica's, or any cold humours. Some BUuh of thofe parts, and pa
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