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Tables*. We rcAcl of other green Serpents in the Indies, that 

 are indulged with little Cottages made ot Straw, where they fpend 

 their fohtary Hours, till the time of eating invites them out, then 

 they repair to the Houfe, where they fawn upon their Mafters, 

 and eat what is fet before them, and then retire to the Huts of 

 Indulgence. 



XL. The TetzawJocoatl, is another Produdion o^ Brafil, a 

 Serpent of about three Foot long, and {lender Body, whofe Strokes 

 are peftilent : The Head is black, nether part of the Tail red- 

 difli, and the Belly da(l:i'd with black Spots. The Cure is by 

 Su(ftion. 



Now we are travelling among the Inhabitants of 5r/?_/?/, we 

 may be allow'd to take notice of Prince Maurice?, Rational Parrot, 

 mentioned by Sir William T'emple and Mr. hockey which the for- 

 / mer had from the Prince's own Mouth. His Words were, 



"That he had heard of fuch an old Parrot, when 



he came to Brafl, and tho' he believed nothing of it, and it 

 was a good way off, yet he had fo much Curioiity as to fend 

 for it : that it was a very great and a very old one ; and when 

 " it came firft into the Room, where the Prince was with a great 

 " many Dutchmen about him, it faid prefently, What a Company 

 " of white Men are here I They afk'd it, what he thought that 

 •' Man was, pointing at the Prince ? It anfwer'd, Some General 

 " or other. The Prince afked it, Whence come ye -f- ? The Par- 

 " rot anfwered, From Marinnan. To whom do you belong, 

 " faid the Prince ? It anfwered. To a Portuguefe Prince, The 

 '' Prince afked, What do you there ? Parrot anfwered, 1 look 

 " after the Chickens. The Prince laugh'd, and faid. You look 

 " after the Chickens ! The Parrot anfwered, Tes, I ; and 1 

 " know well enough how to do it^ and made the Cluck four or five 

 " times, that People ufe to make to Chickens, when they call 



" them 



.... " I could not but tell this odd Story, becaufe it is fo much 

 " out of the way, and from the firft hand, and what may pafs for- 

 " a good one J for I dare fay, this Prince at leaft believed himfelf 



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* Rail Syvnpjis, p -528. 



t Dou veiies vous? Di Marinnan. A qui eflres vous? A un PorruTai^. Q^'e 

 faii tu-la? Je garde Icj poui'e-. Voiisgardex les poullci ? Ouy n^.oy, & je fgii b;ca 

 faire. — 5/> 'vViiii.iin 'reinpic'.y Memotrs^ and Air. Locke i EJfaj/j Book U. chap. 27. 



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