NATURAL HISTORY 



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SERPENTS. 



PART 11. 



Which gives a View of mojl Serpents that are known 

 in the feveral Parts of thz Worlds defcrib^d by their 

 various Names^ different Countries^ Qualities, &c. 



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TH E Serpents are a numerous Tribe, and their Dominions 

 of large Extent, lying both in Sea and Land : No part 

 of the World but what is replenifti'd with them, more 

 or lefs, in fome form or other. In defcribing them, I fhall begin 

 with, 



I. The Viper, or Adder, a fubtle and poilonous CreaturCj 

 flender in Body, about a Foot and half long, with fiery and flam- 

 ing Eyes, a long and cloven Tongue, which when irritated, it 

 darts forth with Violence, and looks like a glowing Fire-brand j 

 has a big Head, and flatteft of the Terpentine kind. 



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