Abada is, it is said, an animal that is found on the southern coast of Bengal, which has two horns, one on the brow, the other on the nape of the neck; which is the size of a two-year-old foal, and which has the tail of an ox, but a little less long; the hair thicker and coarser, and the head flatter and shorter; the feet of a deer, cloven, but larger. In addition it is said that of its two horns, the one in front is three or four feet long, thin, of the thickness of a human leg near its juncture; that it is sharp at the point, and straight during the animal’s youth, but then curves back forward; and that the one on the nape of the neck is shorter and flatter. The Negroes kill it to remove its horns, which they consider to be a remedy, not for several illnesses, as we read in several authors, but in general against venoms and poisons. It would be brazen based upon such a description to doubt whether the abada is a real animal; it remains to be seen whether some modern, informed, and faithful naturalist has described it, or whether by some chance all this would be supported only by the testimony of some traveler. See Vallisneri, vol. 3, p. 367.