OF SERPEN TS. 



Remedies well known in thofe Countries. They are great De- 

 vourers of Birds,. 



Here the Learned Ray, from P//;?, mentions ten other Ser- 

 pents, whofe particular Charadlers he coniiders in his Defcription 

 of Filhes 3 then refers his Reader to thole defcribed by Joan, de 



XLV. The Eibera Is a venemous Lizard of Brazil. If you . 

 afk, What are thefe 5r^//i2/i Z/ZsTtzr^^ .^ I anfwer. They are creep- 

 ing Serpents, of various Colours, and different Sizes: Some are the 

 length of a Finger, others many Feet j have fparkling Eyes,. 

 There is only one fort of them that is venemous, among which 

 is this i?/^^;'<^ ; they are like the others, but leffer, and are mod 

 mifchievouSi They are of an afh Colour, inclining to the white; 

 the Body and Limbs feem thick, but the Tail is fhort and broad. 



The Wounds given by thefe Serpents, are full of a thin {link- 

 ing Matter, attended with blue Swellings, and Pain in the Heart 

 and Bowels. A^. B, Great Things have been frequently done by, 

 little Things,. 



XLVI. The j^mhiia, fo the Natives of Brazil call the Mille- 

 pedes and the Centipedes Serpents. Thofe Reptiles of thoufand. 

 Legs bend as they craul along, and are reckoned very poifonous, . 

 Thofe Lizards of hundred Legs are commonly found in the 

 Woods, where they deflroy the Fruit, and alfodo mifchief both 

 to Men and Cattle, 



I N thefe MultipedeSj the Mechanifm of the Body is very ca- 

 rious ; in their going, it is obfervable, that on each fide of their- 

 Bodies, every Leg has its Motion, one regularly after another ^ 

 fo that their Legs, being numerous, form a kind of Undulation, 

 and thereby communicate to the Body a fwifter Progreffion than 

 one could imagine, where fo many fliort Feet are to take fo many 

 fliort Steps, that follow one anothc*, rolling on^ Hke the Waves off 

 the Sea. 



The Palmer-lVorm is slfo cdiWed Millepes, becaufe of its many - 

 Feet, which are as Briftles under its Body : It is about fix Inches- 

 long, and moves with incredible Swiftnefs. The upper part oB 

 the Body is cover'd with hard fwarthy Scales, and it has a fort o£t 



P 2 Claws > 



* Baii Sjnc^fis Avimal. p. 325?. L3;/«V?// 1695. 



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