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at Prsenefte. pj 



defcribed : they will require therefore fome further Illuftration. 

 The KPOKOAEiAoc oAPAAAic then, or the [jotted Lizard^ (as The kpo- 

 it may be interpreted,) might be intended for the Stellio of thenAPAAAic 

 Ancients; or the Warral, according to the prefent Narne."''^'^''''*'' 

 Tra'V. p. 4.19. Suf^l. p. 6i. 



The KPOKOAEIAOC XEPCAioc or Land Crocodile^ (fo called. The kpo- 

 in Contradiftin6lion, as it may be prefumed, to the ^ii^^^xBP^cAioc" 

 Crocodile^ which was the kpokoaeiaoc, by way of Eminence,) o"^ 

 is the fame Species of Lizard with the ckifkoc ', HowevercKirKoc. 

 the Head is not here well exprelfed ; being too round and 

 large ; whereas that of the Seines is long, and rather more 

 pointed, than in the other Speeies of the Lizard YJmd. Eg^pt 

 ieems always to have abounded with this Animal ; as, to this 

 Day, feveral Boxes of them, dryed and prepared, are fliipped 

 off, every Year for Venice, as a neceflary Ingredient in the 

 Theriaca. 



The onokentatpa is much better delineated, than the Ke^x^'/y- The ono- 

 Ao5 Xd'poqos ; and may be called The Female Afs-Centaiire. jEHan * ^^ntatpa. 

 is very copious in defcribing this imaginary Creature : the only 

 fictitious Animal, which we meet with, in this whole Colleftion. 



The kpokotac or Crocnta, is a Name as well known to the The kpo- 

 Natural Hiftorians as the onokentatpa ; though the Animal ''°^^^* 

 itfelf has not been fo well and fo particularly defcribed. jElian 

 (1.7. c. 11.) acquaints us, that it had the fame Art, with the 

 Hj/iena \ of learning the Names of particular Terfons, and 

 decoying them afterwards, hy calling upon them hy the fame. 

 But he gives us no Charadterifticks, whereby the kpokotac may 

 be diftinguifhed from other Quadrupeds. We may fupply this 

 Deficiency therefore from the Figure, which is all over (potted. 

 The Head is rather long, like the Bears, than Iliort and round 

 as in the Cat Kind, Agatharcides afcribes to it fharp Claws 

 and a fierce Countenance \ The Ears are fmall ; the Body is 



1 S«i>)'.@' ^ 77< Kill' AijJTri'®', a lyftKos 6S7 cTfe' Kforl^HhQf ^fjaiQr, ic/io-jijoBf &c. Diofc. 



I. 2. cap. 71. Raij Hirt. Animal, p. 271. 



2 ALlltn. Hilt. Anim. 1. 17. cap. 9. & 1. 7. cap. 21. Plin. 1. 8. cap. 21. & 30. 



3 This Property (Plin. Hift. Nat. J. 8. cap.30.) is afcrlbed to the Hjxna, viz. Sermonem 

 humanum inter paltorum ftabula a(Hmulare, nominaque alicujus addilcere, quern evocatum 

 fjras lacerat. — Hujus generis coicu lea;na ^tlnopica parit Crocutam, fimiliter voces imitan- 

 tem hominiim pccorumque. Idem. ibid. cap. 21. dicit Crocuttu velut ex cane & lupo con- 

 ceptos. Str.tb. I. 16. p. ^^3. 



&ii Tiri ao'^-r'i iCj -my axfar Tn&y. AgAth. dc Mar. Rubr. p. 45-. Ed. Oxon. 



A a Ihort 



