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They hatch their Ducks Eggs and thofe of other Fowls in Ovens, 

 or Dunghills. 



CXXXIV. There is a kind of Tejliido (I don't mean the 

 common Tortoife) which is a certain fort of Snake, fmall in Body 



and of white Colour, found m Lydia^ Arabia, cafed over with 



a white colour'd Shell, which fliines like a fparkling Margarite *. 



I Shall clofe this Part with an Experiment made by the 

 noble jRoOTc7« before-mentioned, who (being IbUicitous to take a 

 compleat View of a Serpent) after he had dilTeded one, preferved 

 the Flefh and Bones, and having J'eciindum artem reduced them 

 \o h{\\Q^^^~-tyiX.X2.QiQ.di Aqua Fotit ana, — whofe Virtues were equal 

 to thofe drawn from the Adies of other Animals, and of Plants. 



To this venemous Tribe, I fliall annex a few Reptiles, in 

 whofe Veins I find fomething of the Serpent's Blood; and clofe 

 the variegated Lift with a large Account of the Tarantula^ its 

 Wound, and Cure by Mufick ; then enquire into the Reafons of 

 that flrange Operation j the Nature and Force of Sounds, not 

 only on the Animal Paffions, but Inanimate Matter. I fhall be- 

 gin with, 



I. ' I ^ H E Eee^ called the Honey-Fly, a little Animal that has 

 1 four Feet, which it carries clofe to the Belly, and not eafily 

 feparated : It has four Wings, fmall Teeth, and a long Tongue, 

 which ufually it carries out of the Mouth. Its Sting cleaves to the 

 Belly, which, when it ftrikes, it parts with, and becomes unca- 

 pable of wounding a fecond time 5 which, I think can't be faid 

 of any other Member of the flinging Race, unlefs it be the Wafp 

 and Hornet. 



The Sting, in the Defign of it, feems to be only a Weapon 

 of Defence; it looks like a Tube or Pipe, hollow, with a little 

 Bag of fliarp penetrating Liquid (which is its Poifon) joined to 

 the Extremity of it within the Body, which, in flinging, is in- 

 je(fled into the Wound thro' the Tube ; and tho' venemous and 

 painful, is not ftrong enough to corrupt the Mafs of Blood. 



U 2 One 



* Pavcirol/uf. 



