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Difficulty to
know tfiem
all. '
h i ?s .T ,o r >y - f i NORM Mr, :
fo that.wte may join - F&hnift'în ■ th a tpiotk-d&ïl'amation,
'd|$D Lord, how manifold- .a re te h y ^ te k s ! tin 'Wifdotn
hraiLtfa-^vMade themjfell | 'the eâ|th<ïs fûll-*f§ tjiy iiëhë^'^ So®
this gj^eattand^ia'e^S.EA,, whef&in ate thmgÿ,creepirrginnumerable,
both ih^atl.».aa^,^^t^b®a%,” Bfak® civ.%. 2,4, "iffSt ®j£h
thieimcômprehenfibie numbers, h « é |t t ^ f a ^ ^ |0 ® ü iB i é i ê i® ;
b y ,’wiiat !twg can judgê, th e fpeiriesirof-t4 and-ate®aJ|&¥’ i
The element in-which thefe- lâftvteeathé,- 'namely ,v-the bir,
to be long tpcincealed^ -isf mnknowraTtov man-^
Kind, $?. they^muft’Jfome'time
o f ôthèr be feen by menf^and,* cônfèque'ntly, in '^foftie^n^ealïire
who is'th&e thafi|jge^t^ith th e ^ n p ^ trib e , in the
deeptiffsceffes^f;the „QC^anfe or, . who hasiôpgmtùnity.t'^dbYerve
them .accurately and flmiliarly^Si*8tBâtVihfta’MfêV^rfd^ift£Ÿous
efeçaenrfe ^TistrüeJ.'great'nùmber^^^
which 'the bénéficient Creator,^ i t h atniore^fchan,na^erna|i cafe,-, has
Gtdained ^Qr.Tood itd mankind,, iifo ©bedlêftcd1* to : his cbmtnai^d
vifib us -as welcome Mguefey hr refort t& 'otfr x b 'lfts,^# J*bgt'ta^in
feafonsof the yefef^a¥ £ it;%^edaibffte‘u& tneit fençoeq. ^B'efides
thefe Regies that aïe fervjÿé^lg .'t&5mao^ thejfe^t^ others deemed
nfelefs or hurtful, tho’ created*, doubtl'&fsydbr fome wifdpùrpofe :
thefe exhibit to our view their enormous fize, ,.or wectath' forms-j
and fall a vi£tim to man,^ by upwarilykunning ifitb'fnares, 'fpread
for, otherç.of the forty tribe of a^more beneficial kind. - Ou^fiOieii-
mçn throw, a :great' many, .of thpfe -uncommon forts- .©ver-‘boafd
direaiy, looking upon yheip’.net only. as but ,omb|ou«l
and ç^ll them" by the^ g^nef^ pame“of 'Trol^-fisk, 4! §j%nfpcly?:
fjsh*. This proceeds, as has beep before^© j^ryecj, from a f^ |p § |
ftitious-
Pfeudo-Propheta- liberaliôres Talmudicij foluni mundorum pifciutn ipécies feptingentas
éflê ftatuuBt, in quibus riulla dfletdijpperbofe, fi pro mundis pifcibus aquatilia in gerierer
4 sÿƧnt- Qdn?Pisr,enkn aquatilium animantium nomina & icônes plufquam feptin-
geritas exhibet. .Nobis hic indicafiè fufficit fummâgéMéia. Sam. Bocharti Hierozoi-
conj 'Libri. c. vi. p. 37.
* Ann0 * 7 4 4 one Dagfind Koribeck câtched, in the parifli of - SunddvetBs.btt^B^j
rtiqér, a.cwnffrous^Filh, which many people iaw at his hioufe. It’s head was almoffc
like the'héad of a cat; it had-four paws, no tail,. arid about the body, was a hard
M I , like a Lobfter’s : it purred like a cat, and when they put a flick to it, it would
fnap at it. The peafants look’d upon it as a Trold,; or ominous Fifh, arid were afraid
to- keepji it;: and, confequentLy, . a- few hours after. they .threw it into,the fea. again.
According tothe defeription, this might be called:a Sea-Armadiila, by which name an
Ameriqari .LapcUanimàl is known, nearly oflithe fame fhape, excepting that it has
a long tail.. À .fifherman at Sundflahd, two miles from Bergen, told me he had
price-feén a much more ApprizingS^adnonfter .clofe to his boat; having juft taken
a viewdf the'jifhing-boat, it.dived under the water immediately. ■L This was not unlike
a Sea-calf as to the fore-part, and had furred fkin. - The body was as broad and bio-
as. a veifel of sp^atts burthen ; ' and the tail, whicli. feériiëd to • be about fix fathoms
Ipbgj..??? feiall,. and pointed, at. the- end. There is a report, but not alto-
I p '*■ gnket
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fdw tûad'fccidpmall|'4 cèmé.: ito oufe -
Kaoefo,. :tào’e,Mitifi^|cieâi6 f©#fjôm*pH%)€Key<t!hê^eâha0è£iayï£oEiiï
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xhgdiunB fafii’-wbiteq, .yd wé;aêan thmnghi
the airy.;\ye wondeMfi, ^É0t^i^jt.övthe d'ceoinntst
;if31My ifihsMb^jsfisp lAb jM^em^^y^fjin srèipSBsi'fffl'g sjsmeèkedi
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watefc^- ftad'.eiaaptisli lay Tome Jext^Gwffinany 'aisQtdem^i; wfwit
dibleiiristpbejs^swl^’ibfinïteJsMiq^rffóE'liincsQmmén and amazing
them'fe.hçs'f ^©la^g^svsy/whichl'ar^
empe^d^eaemne
the ttmthv'öf-\i*many%pfetl3éltesdc&ïcërnin^^^^®^^pH6fe
çK‘lfteéEe)i*is -difpntedj, aïidi daokedi upon a^i chimèricàl,i i J will J
p©-W: .they .ûtay/'he- uncekfaftB/) befcaufe ywei fhiaifeyibaè tfe!®: ®ppary;
^ ^ ^ ^® u d ^ àEB iia e ; &hin'|>®iötl,.
atiJthöDfömte titoe»:dfisyiseATtl$H, %affeaPtw
that m o»ri^i®*dfiél<ficlë<'fee dugkdnçeîtc^te’-È^/cBéiulbys,
öebl^é fiHe ;pdle laies tfinp®abaiKl!e.'fh^®s:itha« q^^bfilhëraiaMi ;1 “?)•
®* Tattó^mlate^pïtóhefüpoh) t|ï©Êiredit ;ofl©aè ofafik compsniôoeÿftai^^0.-,
or fpomiiyt^ fielh^s^feBfehmni^^^tvhieni qmbeilâ&ecl witif ai -gtsaô
many â ^ ’iteQ&s-&d;variaiti(D^,4oiicetttirtg ûïang© fend 'fui ghtlttltfea«
mdnfl'eics siyak d ^îhçiofigpînio^j-thaitlTief^ dlviates'
as;«&ïl::firteia thè3trnth5.-mame%,uwhën=we:wiMv^^ things.
ftrange;affl|d n néemm^ithov'aacotói»gi tblfiMé ttt&hÿàgeâsbH kiwi
of ;fflatbm^,pbfEl&iy;hemdfe!We»tJaiiiiofi?hove-fo e^id^ueikpdtElean
demonftraÊÎm. p f iö as- W e -k i^ it; : bly'thfk nffay.olf:aftgiltóK-ta il•
be ^flawyad. -©aenmïgtó'âs^wèti;!i doute
lyhetheii tbere.îbr^ Hottentots.^ WmÈÊÊÈÊ! tyipà
n dM bo-mucb; gneater àn thg.C café, :.'flill: itihati:dees'. n'0|. alter- the
teture: t e i ' t h e ' k a ^M e ^ ^W .W i yW ^ ^ ÿ S â S m e ^ r e é ; ö f
certainty,! ; l p^emife ^hjsksoUnHegialW^ "nbrykhgJütodïufe -yfte
gather to fee".depended npon,.th?t.fome p'eafaiits a6.Sundfeoef."h^VG eàichèd a>r®nSke
latetjiio ,a; tót, tihnjh was t h r e e ; f e t ^ u
what refcriibie a Crocodiic. ' 'The-pe^ants ran away’ fr^htened,; - arid left- the-' Snake* tô
do the fame; <
I IjSlitne faut ajouter foi qe^dbtWbfts quïóöia vues, < !tî^ aiïfa tÉrf'd&^ftahisiâris
lïffiiftbîre. Les Tribunaux dfeijudièamre-ne pourront pltfs-prononcer fur lajdépofition
des;temoins, & c’en.cft fait de lotit cbmmercc dans les-pàysioii l’dn n’a pas éte ■ 8t avec
des'perfonnes qu’on ne pohn'oi|;poi;nt. ■ üriè tëüè . propôfîfiori,’ fi eile etoit 'reçu, boule-
yerferojt.la.Société. Bibliothèque Br-ït'à'n'riiquë, T . xxii. p„ 271. i
id P ART II. B b b I have