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y[Q\x\\tAtlas are not very hurtful; for theSting being only attend- 

 ed with a flight Fever, the Application of a httle Vetiice 

 Treacle quickly affwageth the Pain. But the Scorpions of Zaah 

 and moft other Parts of the Sahara, as they are generally 

 larger in Body and of a much darker Complexion, fo their 

 Venom is proportionably malignant, and frequently attended 

 with Death. 



Of the fame virulent Nature is the Bite of the '^oola-'kazj^^^j;^^^^ 

 a Thalangium of the Sahara, the Rhax probably which jElian ' 

 obferveth to be an Animal of thefe Parts. It is computed, 

 that twenty or thirty Perfons dye every Year, by the Hurt re- 

 ceived from this Animal and the Leffah. 



The Method of curins; the Bite or Stins, of thefe Creatures, is '^^^ ^''"''^y 



^ o _ -7 agmrifi the 



either immediately to burn or make a deep Incilion upon thePart, ^"'^.^ < ^^'^' 



•' i- i- ^ Animals. 



or elfe to cut out a Piece of the contiguous Flefli. Sometimes 

 alfo the Patient lyeth buried quite up to his Head, in the hot 

 Sands, or in Pits heated for thatPurpofe. When no great Dan- 

 ger is apprehended, then they only apply hot Afhes,or the Powder 

 Ci'iAlhenna, with two or three thin Slices of an Onion, tying 

 them upon the Part affefted, in the Nature of a Cataplafm. 

 I never heard that Oyl Olive was ever made ufe of, which 

 being rubbed warm upon the Wound, has been lately found to be 

 a Specific Remedy againft the Bite (particularly) of the Viper. 



1 F we except a firm and well tafted frefli water Barbel, The Barbel. 

 with only two Appendages on the lower Jaw; the fmall 'Perch^'''^^'^'^' 

 o( Cap/a, with a turned-upNofe and chequered Fins; abroadr>&, Sea- 

 Sea Feather, and a fmall Tolypus of a circular Figure; there r^ Polypus. 

 are few Species of Filh in theie Seas but what have been long 

 ago defcribed by Rondelet'ms , and ftill continue to be taken 

 on the other Side of the Mediterranean Sea. A few Years 

 ago an Orca or Toothed^hAt of fixty Foot long, was flranded^'/looS 

 under the Walls of Algiers ; but this was looked upon as 

 fo great a Prodigy, that the Algerines were apprehenfive It 

 might portend fome direful Event to their Polity and Go- 

 vernment. 



Among the Crtijlaceous Filhes , the firft Place is to be Cruftaceous 

 given to the Lobfter, though It is in no great Plenty upon Lobiters. 

 this Coaft. But Shrimps and Prawns, a fmall thin-lhelled Crab, p^S!" 



I ^/i<f«. Hift. Animal. I.3. cap. ijCT. 



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