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very dangerous : so that they will eagerly assail and kill 

 them with extreme Pain. And therefore it is that the 

 Syrians do not destroy them. On the other Hand, Aristotle 

 reporteth, 1 that in Latmos, a Mountain of Caria, the Scor- 

 pions will do no Harm to Strangers, but they will sting to 

 Death the Inhabitants of the Country. 



Now let us proceed to speak of the Kinds of other living 

 Creatures, besides those of the Land. 



1 "Hist. Anim." Lib. viii. 39. Wern. Club. 



