356 Chap. 39. an ExpoTition opon tbe Book, of JO B. Verf. 9. not make,ufe of the Reel); for thofe fetvices, feeing he is of the ' famekind with Oxen, and fo may feem to be made by nature ` for that purpofe as much as other Oxen, and is by fo much the ` fitter for that fervice, than any other Oxen or Bulls whatfoever, '-by howmuch his fhrength is greater than theirs , yet no man at- " tempts to ufe him in it ; or if any did,it were to no purpofe,for- ''afmuch as I the Lord of nature have created this bean, as alfo the wildMs before fpoken of, altogether untameable. This feems to be the meaning. of God in his difcourfe about the Reem. And hence allo it appears, that the Reem is not the Bi- ' font, feeing he, as well as many other wild bulls, being skilfnliy ' handled, proves tame andgentle, and may be formed to the ufe and obedience of man., ' It remains therefore, that this Reem is the beaff called Vrut, '-becaufe this property of untameablenefs is afcribed to that "beáfl. Cæfar in his 6th book of the Gallican war, faith, The Vri, no not the young ones, will not be tamed by men, where- 'fore being caught in pits,. they, ate killed. Pliny alto faith as 'much of them;Lib, 8. cap. 21. ` And as in this particular,his untameable wildnefs, there is a `full agreement between the Vrrus and Reem, fo thole other ` things which the Scripture fpeaks of the Recai agree tohim allo, as thole forreign-Authors wieners, who have written his Hillo- 'ry. For Cefar writes, t hat he is in.bignefs,, little lets than an Elephant, butof the kind, colour and figure,or fhape of a Bull. ` And Pliny in two places (lib. 8, cap. 15. lib. z8. cap. to) 'names wild Oxen as the Genut, with refpea both to the Vri and ' J3ifontes, The learned Doecor adds many more proofs our of ancient `-Authors, which the Reader may perufe, if he,pleafe, at his lei- ' lure. And from all he concludeth, ` It is not therefore to be doubted, but that the Ream are the `Vri; and indeed fomuch the lets, becaufe not only the Nor- ' them Regions(in divers parts of which, it is Paid by Writers, that not only the Bifontes,but Vri, are found at this day) are the ' proper foyl where there Animals are bred , but the &Rem e parts alto bring them forth. Pliny writes, that the Indian woods "are fullof them, and fo doth Ariflotle, I colle& alfo out of A iodortu (116.3.) that the Country of the Trogloditicks, which is
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