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There are two kinds of Snakes ia 

 Guiana, called, by the Indians, Labarra, 

 whofe poifon is, of all others, the moft 

 fatal : the one is large, and the other 

 fmall. 



formed by the Indians of the exiftence of thefe 

 Serpents, one of which they killed near a Bay in 

 Lake Champlain y which in the Maps of that Coun- 

 try has been fince called Double-headed Snake Bay. 

 This Serpent was a fmall one of the kind, it be- 

 ing about fifteen inches in length, and largeft 

 near the middle, terminating in a flender tail. 

 The body, at the other end, divided into two 

 necks of equal fize, to each of which was joined 

 a perfect head, with two eyes, a large mouth and 

 throat, a forked tongue, with teeth of the fame 

 fpecies with thofe of the Rattle-Snake. The co- 

 lour of the heads was a dark brown, and the 

 fcales on the back and fides were variegated with 

 alternate fpots of dark and reddifh brown colours, 

 in magnitude and difpofition refembling thofe of 

 the Rattle- Snake., This Serpent was a perfect 

 monfter, of whofe exiftence I mould ftrongly 

 doubt, did I not think the veracity of the Gen- 

 tleman, from whom I have this information, and 

 t>y whom it was actually killed, unqueftionable. 



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