INDEX, 



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Sandals, ufed by the Ladles, — 208 



Salamander J (the Figure, Plate 5,) defcribed, \ 92 



— — how laid to Hve in the Fire, — • '"" 9 3 



■ Corvini's Experiment upon one, ' 94 



Salamander' s'WooX, — ■ 95 



■ Shrouds made of it for Kings, — — 9^ 



Satan J why punifh'd under the Figure of a Serpent, 185 



Scorpions^ (the Figure, Plate 7,) Countries dellroy'd by them, as in 



Mthiopia^ Amycla a Town in Italy, Pefcara an ancient City in 



Italy, India, ■ 45 j 6 



■■ their various Kinds, Sizes, and malignant Nature, — ^7, 8 



the Perjians curfe by them, ■ ' 88 



Scytale Serpent, (the Figure, Plate 2,) defcribed, — — 70 



an Aggregate of charming Colours, 7 1 



Scolopendra, (the Figure, Plate 5,) . ' 151 



Serpents^ general Defcription of them, • 2 



— their Mode of Propagation viviparous and oviparous, 4, 5 



• their Sagacity, with regard to their different Lodgments, 



6,7, 172 



during Winter, ileep with open Eyes, 7 



their Enemies, viz. Eagle, Hawk, Stork, Ibis, Ichneumon, 



Magaure, and fome Vegetables, * i o, 1 1 



■I Duft, not their original Food. A moral Reflexion upon 



their Food, v/hich they fwallow whole, ■■ ^2,13 



■ their Size, fome monftrous, others remarkably fmall, 13, 



14, 15, 16, 146 



» their Apparatus for Motion curious, • 17 



. their Skin an elegant Compofition, ■ 18 



• of fpecial Service to Mankind, of great Ufe in Phyfick, 



various at home and abroad, . 36, 7 



the common Food of many Nations in Europe, Afia, A- 



frica, America^ — ^_— >. 38 to 40 



Inflruments of divine and human Vengeance, 



yewijh Camp infefted with them, — 44 



Vidory gain'd by them on Sea and Land, > — 46 



Serpent, its Conteft with St. Paul, 44 



K k Seps, 



