The Eft or Swift in Nep^Englmd k ^ 
moft beiujifwl Crcatuie to fook upc^, be- 
ing larger than ourS) and painted with glo^ 
lious colQiMrs i but I likM him txevei the 
better for it. 
Frogs too th^jre are in ponds ^d upqii 
dry land, they chirp like Birds in the 
fpring, and jla|{fr eiid of funamer croak like 
Toads. It 16 adnnirable to confider the 
generating of thefe Cre;»tt|res, fiyft thjcy lay 
their gelly on the water in ponds and ftill 
waters, which conies in tipae to be full of 
black fpotsas broad as the he^id of % Tcn^ 
penny nail, and round, thefe (eparate thcffi- 
felvcs from the gleir , and alter a while 
thruft put atail^thcn their head conjef fo^tb, 
after their head fprings out their fore-legs^ 
and then theif hindcr-kgs, then their tail 
drops off, and growes to jhave a he?d and 
fpyr legs toOjthe rirft proves a frog, the lat- 
ter a water nuet. The ^erbalift ufcth fp 
fay by way of admiratiQn^</««/i|?^t her^^ de-- 
urn &c. So Go?l is feen in the produdlion of 
thcfe fmall Creatures which are a part of 
the Creation v Laudate Jehovam ccflites ^ , 
hudate mm in cpccdfis. Sec. Laudenp npnien 
yehov4 qti4 ipfo pr<ecipiente illicQ creata fhnt 
&c. ipfjd bejii^ & omms jumtnta^ repilia & 
aves alaUj Pfal. 148. 
The Toad is of two forts, one that ii 
I 4. fpeckkd 
