"The flying squirrel, which for a good nut-tree will pass a river on the bark of a tree, erecting his tail for a sail.
"The leg-bone of an elephant, brought out of Syria for the thigh-bone of a giant. In winter, when it begins to rain, elephants are mad, and so continue from April to September, chained to some tree, and then become tame again.
"Tortoises, when turned on their backs, will sometimes fetch deep sighs and shed abundance of tears.
"A humming-bird and nest, said to weigh but twelve grains; his feathers are set in gold, and sell at a great rate.
"A bone, said to be taken out of a mermaid's head.
"The largest whale—liker an island than an animal.
"The white shark, which sometimes swallows men whole.
"A siphalter, said with its sucker to fasten on a ship and stop it under sail.
"A stag-beetle, whose horns, worn in a ring, are good against the cramp.
"A mountain cabbage—one reported 300 feet high."