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obferved to make, as often as they reft upon the Ground or rt-'^'^y ""'^' "f^ 

 turn to their Nefts. For, fir ft of all, they thro \v their Heads^'^^'^"^''"''-'" 

 backwards in a Pofture, as it were, of Adoration ; then they " 

 ftrike, as with a Pair of Caflanets ', the upper and lower Parts 

 of their Bill together ; and afterwards proftrate their Necks, 

 in a fupphant Manner, quite down to the Ground ; always re- 

 peating the fame Gefticulations three or four Times. 



As the Ach-Bohha, (the Oripelargus of the Antients,) thQs.-veraiofthe 

 Camel, the Btihalus or Bekker el IVaJJj, the Gazell ox Antelope, Sl^^'Z.- 

 \X\QlchneHmonfiha7nceleon^Dah, War r al, Thaih mine, Cera ft es Scc.""*^' -'^^y-"*^- 

 have been already taken Notice of, I have very little to add 

 to the Natural Hiftory of the Animals of Egypt. However 

 it may be obferved, that the Sands and mountainous Diftrids 

 on both Sides of the Nile, aftbrd as great a Plenty, both of the 

 Lizard and the Serpentine YJm.^^^ as the Defert ofSm\ The^''^" Cerades 



/; • 1 n n • r 1 fives long 



Cerajtes is the molt common Species of the Latter. S'lgnoreio'thoutvood, 



Gahieli, (a Venetian Apothecary, who had lived a long Time 



at Ka'iro,) lliewed me a Couple of thefe Vipers, which he had 



kept five Years in a Bottle, well corked, without any Sort 



of Food , unlefs a fmall Quantity of fine Sand, wherein they # 



coiled themfelves up in the Bottom of the VefTel, may be 



reckoned as fuch. When I faw them, they had juft caft their 



Skins, and were as brisk and lively as if newly taken. 



Of the Lizard Kind, the Warral is of fo docible a Nature, rhe wami 

 and appears withal to be fo alfefted with Mufick, that I have^f^.^f""'^ 

 feen feveral of them keep exa6l Time and Motion with the 

 'Derviftjes , in their circulatory Dances ; running over their 

 Heads and Arms ; turning, when they turned ; and flopping 

 when they flopped. This, I prefume, (as there is no fmall 

 Affinity betwixt the Lizard and the Serpent,) may bear fome 

 Relation to the Quality which the Latter is fuppofed to 

 have, of being naturally alfefted with Mufick. The Pfalmift 

 alludes to it, (Pfal. 5-8. 4, y.) when he mentions the deaf Adder ^ 

 which Jloppeth her Ear, and refufeth to hear the Voice of the 

 Charmer, charm he ne'ver fo wifely. ■ 



I From this Noife it was called Crotalijiria hf the Antients, the Crotalum being litewife 

 fuppofed to have been taken from it. 



~ — crepitante Ciconia, roftro. Ovid. Met. I. 6. 



Sonus, quo crepitant, oris potius, quam vocis eft. Solhi. Polyhift. ut fupra. Kal <n( Tn^a^ylf, 

 i'TTtiS'kv •7r«e/ov7Uf «//*? KPOTilSIN. Philojlr. Epift. ad Epi^. Ciconiaj, quaG C'tcariia^ a fono, 

 c^no crepitant, didse funt; quern rojlro qttatiente hdant. Iftd. Orig. 1. 12. p.1134. 2 Vid. 



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