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terrible Siqueak, and ran alfo into the River^ 

 and there died. 



A Gentlewoman^ that Was a notable Fe- 

 male Dodrefs, told me, that a Neighbour 

 being bit by a Rattle-Snake, fvvelled exGeffive- 

 ly i fome da^s afterwards fhe was fent for^ 

 who found him fwell'd beyond what flie 

 thought it had been poffible for the Skin to 

 contain, and very Thirfty. She gave hini 

 Oriental Bez^oar with a ftrong De- 



coftion of the aforefaid Dittany, whereby flie 

 recovered the Perfon : To the belt of my Re- 

 merrtbrance, it was he that told me, asking 

 him afterwards, what he ftlt when the Snake 

 firft bit him ? He faid, it feemed as if a flafh 

 of Fire had ran through his Veins. 



Befides the Rattle-Snake^there is the Blow- 

 ing-Snake, an abf6lute Species of a Viper-> 

 but larger than any that I have feen inEu^ 

 rofe ; it is fo called, becaufe it feems to blow, 

 and fpread its Head, and fwell very much be- 

 fore it bite, which is very deadly. It is Re- 

 markable there is none of their Snakes there^ 

 make any of that hilfing noife that ours ia 

 England make, but only Ihoot but their 

 Tongues, ihaking them as ours do, without 

 any noife at all ; this is a fliort thick fort of 

 Snake, There is another fort of deadly Snake, 

 called the Red-Snake'^ I once narrowly efcaped 

 treading on the back of one of them: They 

 are of an ugly dark brown colour, inclining 

 to red i their Bellies are of a m6re dusky 

 white, with a large ftreak of Vermillion Red 

 on eithe fide; this too is of the Viper kind, 

 but is not fo jfhort, but its Tail is more ta- 

 per and fmall The HornSnake is, as they 



