2 3 Olfervatlo VIU 



didici. Habenc prceterea vipercC dences fuos inftar (errae ver* 

 fusgulamdireclos . quo praeda morfu capca ingluviem qui- 

 dem facile ingredi , recrorfiim vero minime regredi valeac, 

 Incer dences cminenc ^.prioresreliquismulcolongiores^duo 

 nempein fuperiore, &aIceriduo in inferiore mandibula. Hi 

 quacuor dencesadeofiibciles, duri> &acucifunc, uc eorum 

 acumini fi vel omni ftudio digicum leviffime admoveas > eum 

 absquelaefionisfenfuvixexcraherepoffis, adeo uc anceps fic, 

 num vulnus aculeacis his dencibus infliftum 3 five veneno in- 

 ftillac6> fivefubcilicacefua, exicu cruori denegaco, five ucro- 

 que modo mor calia inferac fympcomaca* Prcccerea, quod ad- 

 miratione dignum , dences hi quacuor ucrinque ad radices 

 (ubiveficulas habenc) arciculacifiinc, icauc viperceriftuaper- 

 to dences in longicudinem porre£losexcendere, eodem ve- 

 ro clausojcosdera reclinacos verfus fauces reponere celTancur, 

 ucFigura II. n.^.monftrat* Similiaferedeviperis earum.q; Ise- 

 fionerecenfecj, M.D.N.Pr^(es'inTradt. deScorzoneraap.105. 

 &:feqq. & Mofes Charas in fua viperarum defcripcionC:, ftacim 

 ab initio. Urus^vaftum pr^grande & afpedlu horrendum fyl- 

 veftrium boum genus, Boruffi2e,Livorniae &:c. IncokjRegio- 

 monciBoruftbrum non infrequens pugnancium cum urfis, 

 apris &c. exhibicum ipeftacuium , cum occidicur , cerebrum 

 ejus craniumque m.ofchum penicus redolere obfervatione 

 m^gna Magni Friderici Wilhelmi, Eleftoris Brandenburgici, 

 Domini meiClemenciffimi indubicata conftac, 



Ad Dn. D. CLEYERI Obfervationcm, 

 de Serpente magno Indico, 



QUamvis \\xcAq Serpentumlndicorum ftupendamagni- 

 cudineaceftibu^fide digniffimisprcfcrancur, &:m.ajori 

 ideonon indigeancceftiraonio, placec camen^quc^dam abaliis 

 eciam memoracahicindicare. Ucrum vero canc^ vafticacisfer- 

 pences dencur, qui hominem incegrum equo infidencem, 



quod 



