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They hatch their Ducks Eggs and thofe of other Fowls in Ovens^ 

 or Dunghills. 



CXXXIV. There is a kind of Tejludo (I don't mean the 

 common Tortoife) which is a certain fort of Snake, fmall in Body 

 and of white Colour, found in Lydia, Arabia, — cafed over with a 

 white colour'd Shell, which ihines like a fparkling Margarita *. 



I S H A L L clofe this Part with an Experiment made by the 

 noble iJo»z<7« before -mentioned, who (being foUicitous to take a 

 compleat View of a Serpent) after he had difTedled one, preferved 

 the Flefh and Bones, and having, fecundum artem, reduced them 

 to Afhes, — extradted Aqua Fonta?7a, — whofe Virtues were equal 

 to thofe drawn from the Afhes of other Animnls, and of Plants. 



To this venemous Tribe, I fhall annex a few Reptiles, in 

 whofe Veins I find fomething of the Serpent's Blood; and clofe 

 the variegated Lift with a large Account of the Tarantula^ its 

 Wound, and Cure by Mufick ; then inquire into the Reafons of 

 that ftrange Operation ; the Nature and Force of Sounds, not 

 only on the Animal Paflions, but Inanimate Matter. I ftiall be- 

 gin with, 



I. 'T^HE Bee, called the Honey-Fly, a little Animal that has 

 X four Feet, which it carries clofe to the Belly, and not eafily 

 feparated : It has four Wings, fmall Teeth, and a long Tongue, 

 which ufually it carries out of the Mouth. Its Sting cleaves to the 

 Belly, which, when it ftrikes, it parts with, and becomes unca- 

 pable of wounding a fecond time ; which, I think can't be faid 

 of any other Member of the ftinging Race, unlefs it be the Wafp 

 and Hornet. 



The Sting, in the Defign of it, feems to be only a Weapon 

 of Defence ; it looks like a Tube or Pipe, hollow, with a little 

 Bag of (harp penetrating Liquid (which is its Poifon) joined to 

 the Extremity of it within the Body, which, in ftinging, is in- 

 jeded into the Wound thro' the Tube ; and tho' venemous and 

 painful, is not ftrong enough to corrupt the Mafs of Blood. 



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