the Wholeſomeneſs of their Climate, ſince the Earth of itſelf, only by being kept cloſe, could preſerve a human Body, unembellowed, unembalmed, from being corrupted, or even his Clothes from Rottenneſs or Decay. But as greatly as I have heard this Story averred, I do not ſet it down, either here, or in my own Mind, for undoubted Verity, but leave it to the Pleaſure of my Reader to believe, as he thinks moſt reaſonable, concerning this, as well as the many other Prodigies of Nature, which no Man can give a full Account of this Iſland without mentioning.
Among others, I know none which more juſtly may be called ſo, at leaſt, of thoſe which I am convinced of the Truth of, than that of the Water-Bull. An amphibious Creature, which takes its Name from the ſo great Reſemblance it has of that Beaſt, that many of the People, having ſeen him in a Field, have not diſtinguiſhed him from one of the more natural Species: nor have the Cows any Inſtinct to avoid him, tho' if any happen to copulate with him, as they frequently do, the Creature they con-
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