A NATURAL HISTORY 



Others are more bulky, as thofe at Jerufakm, and all 

 about Syria, not unlike our little fluvial Crabs for Bignefs, which 

 they call Gamhari. 

 \ In the £^-/W.'>^ are large Scorpions of the winged Kind; fo 



in Egypt, where it is reported they are armed with two Stings *. 



I T is obfervable, thefe large Scorpions taking their Flight 

 againft the Wind, fometimes drop down, and fo are taken by the 

 Country People, and perhaps fent to fcorpionize other King- 

 doms. 



The Bea-fcorpion is a flying Animal, and of a red Colour, 

 whofe Fle{h is good, and much better than what they call Scor- 

 pcena^ that affecfts muddy Water and moorifh Habitations. 



T H E R E is a vaft Spread of thefe venemous Animals over the 

 World, both of the winged and creeping Kind, in the Eafl:ern 

 and Southern Climates- Some of them move with Tails fome- 

 what eredled, others trailing on the ground ; and are thought to 

 be more dangerous than the former : The Coal-black Scorpion is 

 accounted the mofi: hurtful; 'tis faid, that in many Places in Pfr- 

 fia, the Inhabitants dare not fleep in Ground-rooms, for fear of 

 thefe little plaguy Creatures, the mod terrible of all Night- 

 walkers : Of which more elfewhere. 



A Certain Hiftorian informs us of ftimulating Scorpions 

 that infefl; Cajhan in Parthia : They are of fmall Size, not ftrong 

 in Body, but very terrible in their Wounds, there being the 

 greateft Malignity in their Stings; upon which is grafted this pro- 

 verbial Curfe in that Nation, May a Scorpion of Ca(han J^i/ig 

 thee -f- : But Chardin, Tavernier, and others, place Cajhan in Per- 

 Jia, " where they are very much infefted with Scorpions at all 

 " Seafons, but efpecialLy when the Sun is in that Sign, which is 

 '* one of the twelve Signs in the Zodiack; fo that 'tis become, 

 " fays another Hiftorian, a Cu'-fe, May the Scorpions c/'Cafhan 

 *' 7?/w^ thy Gulls." This occalions every one to be provided with 

 fovereign Rejnedies againft them, which is a Piece oi Copper-money 

 ithey put upon the Wound, take it off 24 Hours after, and apply 

 aPlaifler of Honey and Vinegar. The Holfiein Ambafladors fay 

 they are very black, of the Length and Thicknefs of a Man's 



Finger, 



Conradus Gefner in Verhum, p. 4. 

 Jffr^fr/ '5 Travels, Bookii. p. 13. 



