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called AfJiyacUj i. e. T'oad-Fifh j 'tis about a Span long, and oddly 

 painted ; its Eyes are fine and fair : It fwells and fnorts when taken 

 out of the Water, which was the reafon of giving it that Name : 

 When flayed it may be eaten, but is otherwife poifonous ; the 

 Poifon is drawn out by Application of Fire to the Part affeded *. 



CXXIII. TETZAUCOATLy or the r^r^ Serpent; focal- 

 led, becaufe the ieq/i of Serpents; and though very little, fcarce 

 four Inches long, or in Bulk fo big as a Goofe-quill, yet its 

 Wounds are moft deadly. The Belly is red, and diftinguilhable 

 by black Stains; the Back yellow, interlaid with divers Spots. It 

 is an Inhabitant of the North, and delights in cold Apartments. 

 This (though djftindly defcribed by the Hiftorian) feems to be 

 the fame with the Tetzauhcodtl-f. N. B, Little Things, greatly 

 dangerous. 



The Poet weeps for a Perfon killed by the Fall of an Icicle, 

 which is a little Drop of Water congealed J. Aitacreon, the ce- 

 lebrated Lyrick Poet among the Greeks^ was choaked with a little 

 Kernel of a Grape. Little Things do great Executions. Little 

 Worms deftroy floating Caflles. Tarantula^ a little Spider, poi- 

 fons a Giant. In Barbadoes is what they call the Poifon-Tree, a 

 little Drop of its Sap flying into a Workman's Eyes, makes him 

 blind ; therefore Workmen cover them with Cyprefs. 



PLINTy from M.Varro fays, there was a Town in Spain 

 undermined by Conies^ and another in Thejjaly by Mold-Warps ; 

 and another in France^ from which they were driven out by 



Frogs In fome parts of Africa, People were confl:rained by 



Locufls to leave their Habitations. Out of Gyaros (one of the 

 IJla?tds of the Cyclades in the Fgean Sea, mofl: of which are now 

 under the Turks) the Inhabitants were forced away by Rats and 

 Mice, little Things : And if it be true, that T^heophrajlus the 

 Philofopher reports, the Treriens were chafed away by an Army 

 of little Worms, called Scolopendra ||. All thefe mighty Conquefls 

 were made by little contemptible Infeds. 



What fays the Laconian, when wounded with a Dart ? I 

 am not, quoth he, concerned at my Death, but at my Fall by a 



T 2 Wound 



* Harris in Atlas for Brazil in General f Nieremb. 



X Oh! ubi non eft fi jugulads aqua. Mart. 



II Tlinfs Natural Hifiory, Parti. B.viii. CaD. 29. 



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