The weight used in the purchase and sale of bezoars is called a taile which is 2-1/4 dollars, or 2 English ounces.
Most of the counterfeit bezoars come from Succadanea in Borneo.
The true oriental bezoars come from Patane, Banjarmassen, Succadanea, Macasser, and the Isola das Vaccas at the entrance to Cambodia.
These springs are also frequented by troops of the red monkeys before mentioned, and the Bezoars are most constantly found in the stomachs of these animals through their drinking the saline water.
The common monkey-bezoars vary much in colour and shape.
The best bezoars are those of a dark green colour, which commonly proceed from the wild pacos, especially those which feed in the snow on the tops of the mountains.
Of these, both the male and female produce bezoars; and these Peruvian bezoars are the next in rank to the oriental, and are much more esteemed than those of New Spain, which are produced by stags, and are the least efficacious of any.
The flesh of these animals is not so good as that of the huanacus, and they are only sought after for their fleece, and the bezoars they produce.
Travellers inform us that the large apes of the southern parts of Asia produce bezoars in their stomachs, which are superior to those of the goats and gazelles.
It is pretended that the bezoars of the ape are always round, whereas the other bezoars are of different figures.
Although the same qualities are ascribed to them here as in other countries, bezoars are comparatively scarce in Java; and those occasionally found in the maritime capitals are uniformly brought from other countries.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bezoars" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
