,14. A NATURAL HISTORY 



little Animal call'd Fitchet, that fmells ill, efpecially when en- 

 raged *. Jonjlonus and Gefner make it to be the DruimiSy which 

 has been already defcribed. 



LXV. The Anacandia^ a Ceylonick Serpent, of monflrous 

 Corpulence, being in longitude about 25 Foot. D. Ckyeriis, who 

 accounts for this gigantick Serpent, fays, he faw one of them 

 open'd, in whofe Belly was found a whole Stag, with all his in- 

 tegral Parts: In another they found a wild Goat j and in a third,, 

 a Porcupine arm'd with all its Darts and Prickles -f-. Serpents 

 of this nature have often fallen in our way, by which we may 

 imagine, that there is a vafl fpread of them over the Earth. Mr. 



Ray from Cleyerus gives this account of the Monfter^ Tho' the 



Throat feems narrow, yet 'tis very extenfible, and the Fa6ts have 

 been confirm'd by Experience. When the Prey is catch'd he 

 wraps himfelf about it, takes it by the Nofe, facks the Blood, and 

 foon reduces it to a Hodge-podge j after he has broken the Bones 

 in pieces, that emits a Sound like a Gun, ibid. And in doing all 

 this he Ipends two days. 



LXVI. The Ghalghiilawa is another Ceylonite, that goes by 

 the Name of Serpens Indicus Saxatilis^ defcrib'd by whitifh Lines,. 

 that run acrofs one another : Whether the Poet refers to this, as 

 a Serpent afFedting ftony and gravelly Situations, or to a certain 

 Fifhj I determine not J. 



LXVII. The Manballa is another Indian, and from its Name 

 we may conclude it has fomething of the canine Nature, for it 

 flies with great Fury at Paffengers, as fome Dogs ufually do. 'Tis 

 of a light red (or bright bay, as we call it in Horfes) fpotted 

 with white. 



LXVIII. The Nintipohnga^ an Indian Serpent, whofe Skin 

 is checker'd with white and black Spots. Its Bite is accompanied 

 with mortifcrous Sleep, therefore call'd Serpens hypnoticus, fopori- 



jerous 



♦ A putoriOj quia valde f octet. 



•\ DeOiiavo genere merentur legi:^ quaD.Cleyerui in Ephemer. German. Anno 12. 

 Obferv. 7. cui titulus> DeSerpente magna India Orientalis Urobubalum deglutientt 



]>iarrat. Raii Sjmp/is Animalium^ p. 333, 334. 



4: Turn viridis fquamis, parvo faxatilis ore> Ovid. 



