Other concernments there are of the Elephant, which might admit of discourse; and if we should question the teeth of Elephants, that is, whether they be properly so termed, or might not rather be called horns: it were no new enquiry of mine, but a Paradox as old as _Oppianus_ [SN: Cyneget. lib. 2.]. Whether as _Pliny_ and divers since affirm it, that Elephants are terrified, and make away upon the grunting of Swine, _Garcias ab horto_ may decide, who affirmeth upon experience, they enter their stalls, and live promiscuously in the Woods of _Malavar_. That the situation of the genitals is averse, and their copulation like that which some believe of Camels, as _Pliny_ hath also delivered, is not to be received; for we have beheld that part in a different position; and their coition is made by supersaliency, like that of horses, as we are informed by some who have beheld them in that act. That some Elephants have not only written whole sentences, as _Ælian_ ocularly testifieth, but have also spoken, as _Oppianus_ delivereth, and _Christophorus à Costa_ particularly relateth; although it sound like that of _Achilles_ Horse in _Homer_, we do not conceive impossible. [SN: _Some_ Brutes _tolerably well organized for speech and approaching to reason_.] Nor beside the affinity of reason in this Animal any such intollerable incapacity in the organs of divers quadrupedes, whereby they might not be taught to speak, or become imitators of speech like Birds. Strange it is how the curiosity of men that have been active in the instruction of Beasts, have never fallen upon this artifice; and among those, many paradoxical and unheard of imitations, should not attempt to make one speak. The Serpent that spake unto _Eve_, the Dogs and Cats that usually speak unto Witches, might afford some encouragement. And since broad and thick chops are required in Birds that speak, since lips and teeth are also organs of speech; from these there is also an advantage in quadrupedes, and a proximity of reason in Elephants and Apes above them all. Since also an Echo will speak without any mouth at all, articulately returning the voice of man, by only ordering the vocal spirit in concave and hollow places; whether the musculous and motive parts about the hollow mouths of Beasts, may not dispose the passing spirit into some articulate notes, seems a query of no great doubt. CHAPTER II Of the Horse.