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c&iions, entertained by thefe people with 

 many fables, which are fo abfurd, that 

 I am in no danger of being deceived by 

 them. But the vulgar, in all nations, 

 are expofed to errors, and the Indians 

 are all vulgar. 



Among the Snakes which I have al- 

 ready collected, are feveral which have 

 been already defcribed by the Writers 

 of the Natural Hiftory of different 

 parts of America ; fuch as, the Ahce- 

 tulla of Surinam ; the Ammodites of 

 Brajil ; the Hunting Serpent* or Ja- 

 caacanga, of the Brajilians ; the Suri* 

 nam Afp ; the Afpic Cobra of Brajil ; 

 the Gril of Surinam ; the MJculapian 

 Serpent of Brajil the Rattle Snake ; 

 the Spotted Orange-coloured Dipjas of 

 Surinam > the Dipjas of Berbice, of a 

 Pale-red colour, with Brown Spots $ 

 and the Blue Dipjas. 



I AM 



