ANGUTS e ceruleo & albo varius. 
The wampum Snake. 
g SHIS Snake receives its name 
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from the refemblance it has to 
Indian money called Wampum, 
which is made of fhells cut 
into regular pieces, and ftrung with a mix- 
ture of blue and white. Some of thefe 
Snakes are large, being five feet in length; 
yet there is no harm in their bite ; but as 
all the largeft Snakes are voracious, fo will 
they devour what animals they are able to 
overcome. The back of this Serpent was 
dark blue, the belly finely clouded with 
brighter blue, the head {mall in proportion 
to its body. They feem to retain their co- 
Jour and marks at every change of their 
LExuvia. 
They are found in /7rgimia and 
Carolina. 
Cerpent nommeée Wampum, 
» reffemblance qwila avec une 
appellée 
2 Wampum, gui eft faite de 
monnote 
Lndienne, 
coguilles taillées en pieces Cune figure regu- 
here, && enfilées avec un cordon mélé de bleu 
E&P de blanc. 
ont jufqu'a cing pits de long, &S cependant 
Quelques uns de ces Serpens 
leurs morfure weft point dangereufe ; mais 
comme tous les grands Serpens font voraces, 
ceux-ct devorent tous les animaux dont il 
Le dos de ce 
Serpent étoit Pun bleu foncé, fon ventre étoit 
agréablement nué dun bleu plus clair, f2 
téte petite a proportion de fon corps. Il fem- 
ble quils gardent leur couleur & leurs taches 
peuvent fe rendre les. maitres. 
en changeant de peau. On Tes trouve dans 
la Virginie €P dans Ta Caroline. 
Lilium Carolintanum, flore croceo punctato, petals longioribus &P auguftoribus, 
The Rep LIty. 
oe Lily grows from a fingle bulbous, fcaly root, about 
e fize of a walnut, rifing with a fingle ftalk to the 
height of ae ut two feet; to which, from t no ki ttom of the 
flower, are fet oppofite to ee other narr 
flower only 3 is produced on the top of the fall ‘contin of 
fix petals ; every of which have footftalk an inch ee a he f 
petals turn back in a e er and are tapering, 
terminating in points, aod ee with finall “indentures 
ie the bottom of the g ftamin with 
apices, rounding a Pili, The who AAWer is 
vial fhaded with red, orange and lemon co ae They 
grow on sich “moif Savannds, in many parts of Carolina. 
oO 
Lis Rouge. 
E ee croit dune feule racine bulbeufe & éeailleufe, environ 
e la groffeur dune noix, laquelle Ka _ ase gu’ une Wine Kind 
Séleve a “i hauteur de deux pir ’s, & qui 
gueur de ie etroites rangées les un 
ne nait qu'une prs au haut ide la Kies 
un pedi cule aun 
ble, vo 
$ Vis-a-vis py 
elle confifte en ‘ee illo, 
n pouce de long : elles fe renverfent 
dont abate 
es avec leurs ae Sa 
eft  difrennen nuée de ri 
urs endroit 1s tb 
uUVErCES . 
Caroline,” dans di 
bumides & oer 
