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A NATURAL HISTORY 



little Animal call'd Fitchet, that fmells ill, efpecially when en- 

 raged *. yonJio7tus and GeJ'ner make it to be the Dminus, which 

 has been already defcrib'd. 



LXV. The Anacandia, a Ceylonick Serpent, of monftrous 

 Corpulence, being in longitude about 25 Foot. D.Cleyerus, who 

 accounts for this gigantick Serpent, fays, he faw one of thera- 

 open'd, in whofe Belly was found a whole Stag, with all his in- 

 tegral Parts : In another they found a wild Goat ; and in a thirds 

 a Porcupine arm'd with all its Darts and Prickles •f-. Serpents 

 of this nature have often fallen in our way, by which we may 

 imagine, that there is a vaft fpread of them over the Earth, Mr. 



Ray from Cleyerus gives this account of the Monfter Tho'the 



Throat feems narrow, yet 'tis very extenfible,, and the Fadls have 

 been confirm'd by Experience. When the Prey is catch'd, he 

 wraps himfelf about if, takes it by the Nofe, fucks the Blood, and 

 foon reduces it to a Hodge-podge ; after he has broken the Bones 

 in pieces, that emits a Sound like a Gun, ibid. And in doing all 

 this he fpends two days.. 



LXVI. The Ghalghulawa h another Ceylonite, that goes by 

 the Name of Serpciis Indicus Saxatilis, defcrib'd by whitifh Lines, 

 tliat run acrofa one another : Whether the Poet refers to this, as 

 a Serpent afFed:ing itony and gravelly Situations, or to a certain 

 Fiflij I determine not X'- 



LXVII. The Manhalla is another Indian, and' from its Name 

 we may conclude it has fomething of the canine Nature, for it 

 flies with great Fury at Paflengers, as fome Dogs ufually do. 'Tis 

 of a light red (or bright bay, as we. call it in Horfes) Ipotted 

 with white.. 



LXVIII. The Nimipolonga,, an Indian Serpent, whofe Skiii 

 is checker'd with white and black Spots. Its Bite is accompanied 

 with mortiferous Sleep, therefore call'd Serpens hypnoticus, Jbpori- 



ferous 



* A putorio, ifuia valde fmtet. 



f De octavo giNcre mcrentur leg:^ qua D: Cleyerus in Ephemer. German. Anno 12. 

 Obferv. 7. cui tituljs, De Serpente magna Indi^ Orietttalis. Urobubalum deglutientt 



Narrat. Rati Syuopfis A-nmalium, p. ^53, 334. 



X Turn viridis iquamis, parvo faxatilis ore, Ovid. 



