135 A NATURAL HISTORY 



It moves flowly, and recommends itfelf by Diverfity of Co- 

 lours: when touched, the Body appears to be cold. Now, Bodies 

 are faid to be cold or hot, as their Particles are in a greater or 

 lefTer Motion, than thofe of the fenfitory Organs. All Changes 

 in the created Globe, are the Effedls of Motion, without which 

 all Bodies would become unadlive Maffes *• 



This little Animal, is faid to be pleafed, or rather uncon- 

 cerned, when taken up by human Hands; called on that ac- 

 count, the Friend of Man ; that is, he who is not againft us, is for 

 US; therefore merits our Smiles. His Situation correfponds with 

 his natural Difpofition, for it is an Inhabitant of cold Regions. 

 When its Head is compreft, Drops of Blood gufh out of his Eyes, 

 which he cafts to a great diftance from him; which agrees with 

 a former Defcription, &c. 



CXXI. D E Jiaro coloti genere. The Serpent Hants, accord- 

 ing to the Hiflorian -f-, is a Native of the Philippines, and of 

 the Lacertan Tribe : a very long Head (like the Fhilippine Queen) 

 on a bulky Body, terminating in a fliarp Point. It refembles the 

 ^aqnetzall, is in Mexico, and agrees therewith in moft things, 

 and of which it feems to be a Species. 



I T chufes its Habitation among Shrubs adjacent to clear Streams, 

 and never defiles a Body, fo prettily coloured, with muddy Wa- 

 ter, till conftrained to make the Bulrufla its Shelter againft the 

 exceffive Heat of the Sun J. 



CXXII. The Tamacolin, or a Serpent called Rubeta, of the 

 Lineage of the red Toad : This kind is made up of Variety, dif- 

 fering only one from another in Magnitude, Colour, and Poifon. 

 The kffer kind not (o venemous as the larger. Some are green, 

 fome are brov/n, and others black. In fhowery Weather they 

 make an open Appearance, and in fuch Numbers, that none walk 

 abroad without running the rifk of a poifonous Touch. 



N E PF- S P j4 I N abounds with them, where they affed watry 

 Habitations. In Peru are Toacis as large almoft as Cats or Dogs, 

 but not fo poifonous as thofe of Brazil^ where they have a Fifh 



called 



* Ne-uJton'sOpfiskf, p. 375. 



f NierembergiKs^ cap. xxiv. p. Z^6. Nafcitiir ht Fhi/i^pin's. 



X Ibid. p. 276. 



