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Identifier: descriptiondelun03mall (find matches)
Title: Description de l'univers
Year: 1683 (1680s)
Authors: Mallet, Allain Manesson, 1630?-1706?
Subjects: Geography Géographie
Publisher: Paris, D. Thierry
Contributing Library: University of Ottawa
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ifoit de la Rochelle à Paris quinze lieues par jour. Il fuit toujours un chemin battu , & quand il rencontre des che-vaux , il fe ramaffe & dreffe les oreilles pour aller à eux , mais leschevaux eh ont peur Se prennent la fuite. Dans lAfie & dans lAfrique, cet animal vît de Dattes & deFeuilles darbres. En Europe Se fur Mer , on le nourrit de châtai-gnes, de légumes, de bifeuit ou de pain commun trempé dans diivin* 11 ne mange point de chair ny de poiffon. Il a beaucoup dintelligence & de docilité ,& pour peu que celuyqui le gouverne y apporte de foin , il luy fait comprendre une bon-ne partie de ce quil veut. Celuy qui monte deiïus le gouverne avecjni crochet quil luy fait entrer dans le trou de loreille, & va du côtéoù il le fent piqué. On tient que la femelle porte fon petit deux ans,Zc quordinairement lEléphant en vit 150. dans fon Païs naturel ; ce^ui fe fçait par ceux qui en ont nourri de père en fils. DE LA F R I QO E. FIGURE XLIX. tiy
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n8 DE LAFRIQUE. Des Rois de Congo. EN lannée 1459. un Roy de Congo Fut converty par les foinsde Dom Alphonfe Roy de Portugal qui luy envoya un EcufTonchargé des Armes que voicy, & que la plupart d s autres Rois ontconfervées jufquà prefent. t lies eftoient de Gueules à la Croix dar-gent cantonnée de quatre Efcuflbns de mefme chacun chargé de cinqtourteaux de fable pofé en fautoir. Dautres rapportent que ces Ar-mes dans leur premier commencement eftoient de Gueules à la Croixfleuronnée dargent, chargée en cceur dun Efcufîon dAzur chargéde cinq befans dargent pofé en fautoir à la bordure dAzur chargédans chaque Angle de deux Coquilles dor. Le Royaume dAngola a fon Roy particulier , lequel ayant faitquelque déplaifir aux Portugais lan 1667 ils luy firent la Guerre,& k prirent prifonnier, & envoyèrent fa tefte dans du fel à Lisbonnelan 166%. du temps que jy eftois. Loanga & les Anncains ont auflichacun le leur. Les Portugais y occupent San-Salvador dans

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