2S0 Phyjical and MifceUaneous 



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

 prizing Swiftnefs upon Flies and Infeds ; retaining them after- 

 wards by a glutinous Matter, occafionally excreted from the Tip 

 of It. T^htMoors and^r^^^,after they have dried the Skin,fufpend 

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

 Taitah differeth not much in Name from the nsto*? Letaa ^ 



r;.warrai. which in L^o^.n. g.isrendredtheLi^/ar^. The [ J^j] ^^rr.?/, or 

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

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

 darkifh Spots. Vanjkh ' very ferioufly affirms It to be ingen- 

 dered from the rotten Eggs of the Crocodile. 



The Dab. The [c>-^] Dhah or Dah^ another Lizard taken Notice of 

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

 Annul'i or Scales of the Tail, with the Caudiverbera, as it is 

 reprefented in Gefner * and Jonfton. Tfah [^y] ^ the corref- 

 pondent Word in the Hebrew Language, is tranllated {Lev. ii. 

 19.) the Tortoife. 



TheZcxmon- This Climate alfo produceth the common green Lizard, 

 which ditfereth not at all from thofe of Etirope. 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 

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



r/&5 skink, or The 5&^ (of the Shops) frequently hideth Itfelf under flat 

 Stones, or elfe in the Holes of old Walls and Ruins. In the 

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



The Nije-daias to crawl ovcr Beds,) may be found the Nije-daimah, or Boo- 

 ka-JhaJJj, 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 It's Tail ; a Cir- 

 cumfl:ance that may induce us to take It for the Caudherbera 



orUromamx. or Uromaftix of fome Authors ^ The JVarral alfo, in run- 

 ning upon the Ground, ufeth the like Adion ; whilfl; the Arabs 

 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 y. Leo. Dc[cvipt. yifric£. I. 9. p. 297. 2 Vid. VatiJIeb's 'Pieknt State of Egypt, p. 47. 

 3 Vid. y. Leo ut fupra. 4 Gefn. de Quadrup. Ovip. p. 23. ^onji. Hift. Quadrup. Tab. 

 LXXIX. J JSo(h. Hieroz. 1. 4. cap. i. 6 Vid. Not. 4. 



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