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probable that tl: 



. 'Mil sp< ci( .s (if tl, Mirnl 



\( ui-ration. 



Herodotus ti 11s ns ' I that l 



Egypt!;!. amu.allx invaded by --varms of 



small living M Tponts, which 9 ,-ck' <1. . 



(1, and killed by the Ibis, which on this 

 account was revered by the Egyptians. He 

 adds that lir had been shewn heaps of the bones 

 of these serpents near the confines of the de- 

 serts. As to the winged serpents, we well 

 know that no such animals are now discoverable; 

 and it i* not very probable that any such have 

 : existed. The animal called the Dragon 

 indeed, or the Flying-Lizard might be add; 

 as in some degree justifying such an idea; but 

 tli- Dragon is a harmless animal, whereas the 

 Flying-Serpents mentioned by Herodotus are sup- 

 (l to have been highly p6uonon& An in- 

 >>us French author, Monsieur S o far 



from supposing any natural antipathy to exist be- 

 ; the Ibis and the ! tribe, imagines 



that neither the Egyptian Ibis nor any other of 



'n such reptilo, b( ing by no n-- 

 . dated for such a kind of food, but that the 



