138 A NATURAL HISTORY 



It moves flowly, and recommends itfelf by Diverfity of Co- 

 lours : when touched, the Body appears to be cold. Now, Bodies 

 are faid to be cold or hot, as their Particles are in a greater or 

 lefTer Motion, than thofe of the fenfitory Organs. All Changes 

 in the created Globe, are the Effeds of Motion, without which 

 all Bodies would become unadive MalTes *. 



This little Animal, is faid to be pleafed, or rather uncon- 

 cerned, when taken up by human Hands j called on that ac- 

 count, the Friend of Man ; that is, he who is not againft us, is for 

 us ; therefore merits our Smiles. His Situation correfponds with 

 his natural Difpofition, for it is an Inhabitant of cold Regions. 

 "When its Head is compreft, Drops of Blood gufh out of his Eyes, 

 which he cafts to a great diftance from him ; which agrees with 

 a former Defcription, ^c, 



CXXI. D E Haro colott genere. The Serpent Harus, accord- 

 ing to the Hiftorian -f-, is a Native of the Philippines, and of 

 the Lacertan Tribe : a very long Head (like the Philippine Queen) 

 on a bulky Body, terminating in a fharp Point. It refembles the 

 ^laquetzall, is in Mexico, and agrees therewith in mod things, 

 and of which it feems to be a Species. 



It chules itsHabitation among Shrubs adjacent toclear Streams, 

 and never defiles a Body, fo prettily coloured, with muddy Wa- 

 ter, till conftrained to make the Bulruili its Shelter againft the 

 exceffive Heat of the Sun J. 



CXXII. The Tamacolin, or a Serpent called Rubeta, of the 

 Lineage of the red Toad : This kind is made up of Variety, dif- 

 fering only one from another in Magnitude, Colour, and Poifou. 

 The ieiler kind not fo venemous as the larger. Some are green, 

 fome are brown, and others black. In fhowry Weather they 

 make an open Appearance, and in fuch numbers, that none walk 

 abroad without running the riik of a poifonous Touch. 



NR IV- S PAIN abounds with them, where they affed; watry 

 Habitations. In Peru are 'itoads as large almoil: as Cats or DoQ;Sy 

 but not fo poifonous as thofu of Brazil, where they have a Fiih 



called 



* NewtffJi's Opticks, p. ^75. 



-}r N'isrembergius, cap. xxiv. p. 2/5. Nafc'ittir m ThiJi^^kis, 



X Ihiid. p. 276. 



