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eel. It is, indeed, an object of detestation, both among 

 the White and the Indian inhabitants. Some of the lat- 

 ter call it Tiveeg. 



When it swims, its motion is slow and serpentine- 

 like. From this circumstance, it has received one of 

 its names (chiefly, I think, among the negroes), viz. 

 Hell-Bender. 



The Editor is preparing for publication, a full ac- 

 count of this species of Salamandra, to which he pro- 

 poses giving the specific appellation of S. horrida. It 

 is probable, however, that a better specific name may be 

 thought of. As the largest species of the genus, it may 

 not be improper to name it Salamandra maxima, or S. 

 gigantea. — The account will be illustrated by very ac- 

 curate engravings of the animal, figured of the natural 

 size. 



MEDICINE. 



MATERIA MEPICA. 



C. The Frasera Walteri, of which, as an article of the 

 Materia Medica, the Editor first gave some acount in 

 his Collections*, some years since, is now much em- 

 ployed, by physicians and others, in the western parts 

 of the United- States Its root is a good and pretty pure 



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