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ference, for I conftantly obferved, that however lively the 

 viper was before, upon being feized by any of thefe barba- 

 rians he feemed as if taken with ficknefs and feeblenefs, fre- 

 quently fhut his eyes, and never turned his mouth towards 

 the arm of the perfon that held him. I afked Kittou how 

 they came to be exempted from this mifchief? he faid, 

 they were born fo, and fo faid the grave and refpeclable men 

 among them. Many of the lighter and lower fort talked 

 of enchantments by words and by writing, but they all 

 knew how to prepare any perfon by medicine, which were 

 decoctions of herbs and roots. 



I have feen many thus armed for a feafon do pretty 

 much the fame feats as thofe that pofTeffed the exemption 

 naturally, the drugs were given me, and I feveral times 

 armed myfelf, as I thought, refolved to try the experiment, 

 but my heart always failed me when I came to the trial ; 

 becaufe among thefe wretched people it was a pretence they 

 might very probably have ftieltered themfelves under, that 

 I was a Chriftian, that therefore it had no effect upon me. 

 I have itill remaining by me a fmall quantity of this root, 

 but never had an opportunity of trying the experiment. 



The reader will attend to the horn which is placed over 

 the eye in the manner I have given the figure of it, it is 

 fluted, and has four divifions. He will likewife obferve the 

 tooth as viewed through a glafs. He may fuppofe the 

 black reprefents a painter's pallet, for the eafier difcerning 

 the white tooth, which could not otherwife appear diftinclly 

 upon the white paper. 



BINNY. 



