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He extricated himself from the jaws of death. But, oh! what a difference in his appearance! I do not believe in the hereditary transmission of acquired modifications! Topsell may or may not be right as to the result produced on elephants by the sight of a beautiful woman. In Africa the experiment would be a difficult one, and even in India inconclusive.
The individual whose critical faculty allows him to maintain an idea incompatible with the knowledge of his age and his fellows is insane. The Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes, by Edward Topsell, London, 1607. Our last point is a corollary to the claim we have just made. It has been the sport of iconoclasts for many years to discount all religious beliefs as psychopathic.
According to the "Grete Herbale," "if the hare come under it, he is sure that no beast can touch hym." Topsell also, in his "Natural History," alludes to this superstition: "When hares are overcome with heat, they eat of an herb called Latuca leporina, that is, hare's-lettuce, hare's-house, hare's-palace; and there is no disease in this beast the cure whereof she does not seek for in this herb."
He'll do less mischief that way 'n any other! Agriculteral College! Edicated farmers! Yes, Sir, I've seen 'em! Got a grist up in Topsell. Jint-stock farm. The best talent in Essex County's been a-carryin' on that farm, an' nigh about carried it off, an' themselves along with it.
Topsell seems, however, to have come across correct information about the digging for water by an African elephant by the use of his great tusks those tusks for the gain of which he is now being rapidly exterminated by man. Serious drought is frequent in Africa, and a cause of death to thousands of animals.
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