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NATURAL HISTORY 



O F 



S E 



PEN T S 



PART 11. 



Which gives a View of mojl Serpents that are know7t 

 i7t the fever a I Parts of the Worlds defcriU d by their 



various Names^ differ e72t Countries^ ^ualities^ Sec. 



A a "^ H E Serpents are a numerous Tribe and their Dominions 



I of large Extent, lying both in Sea and Land : No part 



"*- of the World but what is replenifli'd with them, more 



or lefs, in fome form or other. In dcfcribing them, I fhall begin 



with. 



I. T H E Viper ^ or Adder ^ a fubtle and poifonous 

 {lender in Body, about a Foot and half long, with 



Creature, 

 th fiery and 

 flaming Eyes, a long and cloven Tongue, which wlien irritated 

 it darts forth with Violence, and looks lii:e a glowing Fiie-braLd^ 

 has a big Head, and flatteft of the Serpentine kind. 



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