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The Brown-V iper. 
$82H IS Viper is the fize of the 
ESTE : 
precedent, in length about two 
feet, and large in proportion. 
It is alfo a very flow moving 
and fluggifh reptile, advancing 
deliberate even to efcape danger; yet 
will defend himfelf with much fiercenefs 
when attacked ; and its bite is faid to be as 
venomous as any: they retain their brown 
colour in all ftages of life. They are foun 
in Virginia a Carolina ; in the la 
which places they are called the 77 aiBiog 
Snake. 
They prey on Lizards, Efts, and other 
animals, 
ea. maximum m Zig yptiacum, quod vuleo Colocafia. 
» Bespiiacun, F, Column. Ecphr. Part. -TL. Py Tor 
Sloune Hift. Jam. Vol. I. p. 166. ur. 
HE roots of this Plant are tuberous, rich many fmall 
i fibres growing from them ; fome of them weigh fix or 
eight pound, of an irregular form ; the outfide at a rufty 
brown colour, the infide white. he | grow out of t 
earth, with only their footftalks, to the height of four or five 
fe they are fhaped fomething like a heart, ofa pale green, 
very ample, fome of them de, and mor 
Ten he flowe ‘ form refembles that of the common 
e€ r 
Arum, tho’ in colour different ; the hood is green without, 
and ae light ee within ; the piftil is long and flender, of 
a light purple colour 
ir Hans Sloa ne has fo cpely late of F this ofenil Plant, 
add a few marks smore. It is 
re I 
with- 
time to boil the 
the throat or ay ate. a 
as Sanco ted a blefling ; they being 
delighted with all their African food, parce this, which 
part of Africa fabfifts muc cho 
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Vipere Brune. 
CETTE vipere eft de la mime 
grandeur ¢ gue la précédente c’eft- 
BS a dire ee we a ‘environ deux 
iés, & g 
is of un ae pareffeux, gui 
i meut ae &S gui marche pofément, 
méme pour cviter oie danger  cependant fi on 
Vattaque, il fe défend avec beaucoup de fu- 
reur. Ses morfures paffent pour auffi vent 
meufes que celles @aucun autre. Ces viperes 
retiennent leur couleur brune dans tous leurs 
différens dges. Elles fe trouvent dans la 
Virginie, & dans la Caroline; & dans la 
dermere on les appelle Taodnih Snake. 
Elles fe nourriffent de Lézards de di fran 
efpeces, &S @autres animaux. 
G: Bauh. Pin: p. TOs: 4% 
sde pls» 
Ese 
racines . cette Plante font tubdreiifes,. & garnies 
t 
hauteur de quatre ou cing pids: leur € approched 
celle d'un ceur : elles font dun verd pale, fort grandes, guelgues 
unes ayant d s de large, ore plus 7, eu 
jaune pale en ae eft long, menu, & ie couleur 
; purpurs: ne. 
fe piftil 
evalier Sloane, a fait une defer iption fi ample dé 
aie » gue ge ne demanaerat permiffion que aa oth iter 
Jeslenent ae alee remargques de plu : Cette Plante ne fe plait qu’entre 
Tropig pie e pas bea say ee age s la Caroline, & ne 
aro a Gui en ee fore fri mds, ne 
vu 
Cette découverte fut tres agréable a 
i de tous les mets 
rticulierement de cette Racine, que fait Ia fube 
x 
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= 
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3) 
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is 
a 
que j Wteat dans une grande ins 
: iles, & d’autres animau 
a gre eat 
v1 némte comme une jaca du Ciel 
Afriquains, &. 
4 ance “a une gr i i partie del Aftiqu 
The fubject of this Plate Ny 
awhere, by the violence of the current mAbs pie, ai ee onal ond ondati tion; ot les poi Sout 
infeeis, iflodged j c, fiat ng up n be “aps nay a étant délogés de leurs trous par la violence du coura 
ble refuse; where the pee Serpents Jes monceau as & de ple 
ing upon the fmaller, a fe of their own kind, as others, wh ihe in fer continuellement occtipés A dév 
that confufion, were more eo ly gi ckns 
Vou. If. 
re 
leur propre efpece, qu il Ecoit ae ailé de furprendre en cette ‘confuioh. 
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