BokdH,  ‘Tlond of, BEAR.BA DO S. 
A Man who had killed one of thefe, happened to be affli&ed with the 
Rheumatifm foon after, efpecially in his Arm: He then immediately con- 
cluded, that it was a Punifhment upon him for killing the Snake : He 
perfuaded himfelf, that the different Degrees of Intenfenefs of the Pain 
he felt in his Arms, were exaétly in proportion to the Pain he gave the 
Snake. It hath been his Cuftom ever fince, by way of Atonement, to 
feed all the Snakes that come near his Hut, with fome Offals of his Re- 
paft, and Water ; efpecially the latter, which he daily puts in the moft 
likely Place for them to find. 
The Fortry-Lecs. 
HIS takes its Name from the Number of its Feet, being every way 
~ much of the fame Make with what we call in England Muttipes, or 
Centipes; but thofe here are far larger, being fometimes Four Inches 
long. 
7 he Back is of a dark Copper, fealy and jointed, the feveral Annuli 
being equal in Number to the oppofite Feet. 
The Head is guarded with a Pair of hairy Feelers, and a {trong For- 
ceps: ‘This they can open or extend above a Quarter ‘of an Inch wide, 
and again clofe it very nimbly together, either to hold its Prey, or annoy 
its Enemy. 
The Forty-Legs often lay above an Hundred {mall white Eggs, which are 
depofited in an Hole in the Ground, generally under a loofe Stone : Round 
thefe the Female coils herfelf, until they are hatched: If at that time fhe 
is difturbed, the immediately {wallows her Young. 
The old ones, among other things, feed upon young Cock-Roches 
and Spiders. 
The Bite of a Forty-Leg is very painful for at leaft an Hour, or fome- 
times a great deal longer. 
There are fome of thefe Vermin that are flightly tinged with a bluith 
~ Colour: Thefe are fmaller than the above-mentioned , and more poifonous. 
The Forty-Legs in Surinam are a great deal larger than what are bred 
in Barbadis. Of this we may fee an Inftance in the Repofitory of the 
‘ Royal Society. 
The InpraAN-RooT CATERPILLER. 
aE: HIS Worm feeds upon the Leaves of that Plant which we call here 
the Indian Root. 
It is generally about Two Inches long. 
Its Head is guarded with Two black foft Horns or Feelers, of about a 
Quarter of an Inch long, 
The different 4unuli, or Joints of the Back, are ftreaked with yel- 
lowifh and whitith Lifts. The Tail-part bath likewife a black Pair of 
Feelers, or Horns. 
This from its .4urelia-ftate turns into a reddith Butterfly. 
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