372 O.F INSECTS AND REPTILES.. 



An oil made of it, applied externally, and fallad-oil taken inter- 

 nally, have been found by experience to be a,n effectual remedy - 

 rrgainil its poifon. 



48. The Blind Worm (x} t fo called from its being erroneoufly 

 thought to have no eyes, is more frequent than the viper,- on 

 warm funny banks, in pailures and gardens.. 



49. The Water^Salamander, or Water-Lizard (yj, is not uncom- 

 mon in ponds, and ditches. It is remarkable for the tranfpa- 

 rency of its ildn and veflels. In its body are two long Sacculi 

 act-it, on which the blood-vefiels are curioufly ramified. The cir- 

 culation of the blood may be feen by a microfcope as pi !nly as 

 water running in a river, and more rapidly than any < ommon. 

 ftream *. . 



50. The green Lizard (z) is often obferved upon ;<.': 

 at the bottom of the erics. 



Anguis cinerea, macula dorfi fufcalongitudinali dentala. Linn, Act. Upf. 1736, p. n. r, /.. 



* "I 



Anguis fcutis abdominalibus cxliv, fquamis caudae xxxix. Faun. Suec. p. 97. ivjt'c 



(x) Caecilia. Raj. quadr. p. 289. Caecilia, Typhlos. Cherlet. Inf. p. 33. n.-io. 

 lia ANGLICA cinerea fquamis parvis mollibus compa<Sis. Petlv. Muf. p. 17. n. 10. A 

 fquamis abdommis caudseque cxxx. Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 96. n. 258, LONG. WokM. 

 Lanceftr. LONG CRIPPLE. Cornubienf. DEAF ADDEK. 



(y) Salamandra aquatica. Raj. quadr. p. 273. Charht. quadr. p. 28. n. 9. Lacerta aqua- 

 tica major mas f. verrucis albis adfperfis membranula ferrata in dorfo extante. Petiv. Muf, 

 p. 18. n. 3. Lacerta pedibus inermibus fiflis, manibus tetradaitylis, plantis pentadadlylis, 

 cauda ancipiti. Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 95. n. 256. 



* Pb. Tr. No. 177. 



(z) Laeerta viridis. Charlet, quadr. p. 28, n. 2* Linn. Faun. Suec, p. 95. n. 255. 



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