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NEXT in order S n a k e s fall un- 

 der our confideration. Unhappily their 

 immenfe number and variety conftitute 

 one of the principal inconveniencies of 

 this country, and really endanger the 

 fafety of its inhabitants ; and ought to 

 humble the pride and arrogance of man, 

 by convincing him, that all things are not 

 made obedient to his will, nor created 

 for his ufe. 



One of the largeft of this Clafs of 

 Animals ever feen in America, was lately 

 killed on the Plantation Amfierdam, in 

 this Colony, belonging to MeiT rs the 

 Heirs of Peter Amy at t, Efq; in Am- 

 Jlerda?n. It meafured thirty three feet 

 fome inches ; and in the largeft place, 

 near the middle, was three feet in cir- 

 cumference. It had a broad head, very 

 wide mouth, and large prominent eyes : 

 From the middle it gradually tapered 



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