2 5' ο Phyfical and Mifcellaneous 



and, in Shape, like a common Peftle, which it darts with a fur- 

 prizing Swiftnefs upon Flies and Infeds ; retaining them after- 

 w^ards by a glutinous Matter, occafionally excreted from the Tip 

 of It. T\\Q Moors and^r^/^i,after they have dried the Skin,fufpend 

 it upon their Bofoms to prevent the Influence of an evil Eye. The 

 Taitah diifereth not much in Name from the nsto'? Letaa , 

 r;.wanai. which in Lmii. 3. isrendredtheLi^^r^. The [j^•] ^^^rr^/, or 

 Guarak according to Leo ', is a Lizard fometimes thirty In- 

 ches in Length ; being ufually of a bright reddifli Colour, with 

 darkiih Spots. Vanjlel• ' very feriouily affirms It to be ingen. 

 dered from the rotten Eggs of the Crocodile. 

 The Dab. The [o>--] Dhah or T)ab^ another Lizard taken Notice of 

 likewife by Leo \ agreeth nearly in the Shape and in the pointed 

 Annull or Scales of the Tail, with the Caudkerbera, as it is 

 reprefented in Gefner ^ and Jon ft on. Τ fab \_yi\ ' the corref- 

 pondent Word in the Hebrew Language, is tranflated {Le'O. ir. 

 T9.) the Tortoije. 

 7*.zermou- This Climate alfo produceth the common green Lizard, 

 ""'''' which diifereth not at all from thofe of Europe. The Zer- 

 moumeah is no lefs common in the Hedges and High Ways ; 

 being a flender long tailed Lizard, of a light brown Colour and 

 ftriated from Head to Tail,with three or four Streaks of Yellow. 

 r^.skmk,.rThe5fc/i^ (of the Shops) frequently hideth Itfelf under flat 

 scincus. ' g^Qj^gg^ oj. eife ill the Holes of old Walls and Ruins. In the 

 like Situation (though they often come into Houfes, even fo fir 

 The Nije-dai as to crawl over Beds,) may be found the Nije-daimah, or Boo- 

 "''^'' ka-fljaflj, which is of a dark Colour , feven or eight Inches 

 long, with a flat Head and Body, and the Tail like the Dab's. 

 I have often obferved, that whatfoever Wall, Floor or Ceiling 

 this Animal refteth upon. It will beat it with Ifs Tail; a Cir- 

 cumftance that may induce us to take It for the Caiidiverbera 

 orUromaftix or Uromafltx of fome Authors'. The IVarral alfo, in run- 

 ning upon the Ground, ufeth the like Aftion ; whilfl: the^r^^i 

 gravely tell us, that what Perfon foever is touched by one of 

 the Vibrations, will become barren and unfruitful. 



The moft remarkable Species of the Serpent Kind, is the 



I J. Leo. Defcript. /fw*. I. 9. p. 297. 2 Vid. Vari/leb\ Prefcnt Sratc οι Egypt, p. 47- 

 3 Vid. J. Leo ut lupra. 4 Gefn. de Quadrup. Ovip. p. 23. Jonll. Hift. Quadiup. Tab. 

 LXXIX. J ^«/7. Hieroz. 1. 4. cap. i. 6 Vid. Not. 4. 



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