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LIZARD. 



Br. Zool. III. 13. 

 Er. Jac-lu-achu-rach. 



Br. Zool. III. 16. 



Er. Duirk-luacbairy \. c, obferver of the rufhcs. 



SERPENT. 



Br. Zool. III. 17. 

 Er. 



'"T^HE black viper is very common in thb 

 highlands : numbers of vipers in Hay, 

 Jura., and Skie. In fome of the illes it is 

 ftiil believed that they fting with their 

 tongues, and do not convey the poifon with 

 the teeth : that the venom dropt on a fword 

 will caufe it to hils like water on hot iron ; 

 and that a poultice of human ordure is a 

 fovereign remedy for the bite. No fpecies 

 of ferpcnt in Leuns, or any part of the long 

 ifland. 



Anguis Eryx. Lin. fyfl. 392. Tour Scotland, Appendix. 



LENGTH fifteen inches : tongue broad 

 and forked : ncftrlls fmall, round and 

 placed near the tip of the nofe : eyes lodged 



