OF SERPENTS. 



rible EfFedls of It, which however are immediately ftopt by drink- 

 ing any acid Liquor, as Vinegar, Juice of Lemons. From Milk 

 I proceed to give an account of an odd Cuftom about Cheefe in 

 Antiquity, viz. Among the Romans, one of their Tabernce was 

 called CaJ'earia, a Cafeo, i. e. from Cheefe ; not becaufe Cheefe 

 was made or fold in it, but becaufe it was wont to be fmoaked 

 there : It being a Cuftom among the old Romans and other Ifa- 

 liatis^ to make a great Smoke with Reeds and green Wood, on 

 purpofe to dry and colour their Cheefe j hence the Poet Martial. 



Non qiiemcunqiie focwn, nee fumiwi cafeus omnem, 

 Sed velabrenfe?n , qui bibit ilk fapit. 



i. e. That Cheefe only is pleafant and grateful, which does not 

 fuck in every Fume, but which is fmoak'd only, velabro, in Tents 

 or Booths. 



Cn. The Kings-Snake, is the longeft of all others; but not 

 common. It is faid to be terrible to other Serpents, though not 

 very venemous andgrofs: thQ Indians, Men and Women, in Ca- 

 rolina, make Girdles and SaJIoes of their Skins, as Signs of Con- 

 queft, and wear them as Trophies of Honour. 



This puts me in mind of Hippocrates, the Prince of Phyfi- 

 cians, who tells us that in the Eaftern Parts of Europe, there is 

 a Scythian People, called Sauroniatce, bordering on the Palus 

 M(eotis, where the Women ride on Horfe-back, draw the Bow, 

 throw the Javelin as they ride, and fight in their Battles, fo long 

 as they remain Virgins; and were not allow'd to marry, till they 

 had killed three E?2e??iies i?i the Wars *. Of my Author 'tis faid. 

 He neither knew how to deceive, nor be deceived -f. 



N. B. These were the Women called Amazo?is, defcended 

 from the Scythians, whofe Women were as warlike as the Men, 

 and joined with them in their Wars. 



CIII. The Corn-Snake, is moft like the Rattle-Snake of all 

 others in Colour, but the Chequers are not fo regular ; neither 



S has 



* Hippocrati^s ufo?t Air, IVater, and Si/iiation ; upon Epidemical Difenjes, &C. 

 tranflated into Englifi, by the learned Dr. Clifton. 



t Oi Hippocrates 'tis faid, ^i tarn fallere qua??! f alii vefcit. 



Macrobii Opera, p. 27. 



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