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fpecklcdi with white , and another of i 
a dark earthy colour v there is of thcni that 
Will climb up into Trees and fit croaking 
there \ but whether it be of a third fort, or 
one of the other , or both, I am not able ta 
affirm but this I can tcftifie that there be 
Toads of the dark coloured kind that arc 
as big as a groat loaf. Which report will 
not fwcll into the belief of niy fceptique 
Sirs 5 nor that there is a HdV being like 
Salomon^s foo), Prov. 26. 22. Std fi contHn- 
dertf^ fiultum in mortario' cum mola ]?ijiilIo^ 
non rmdent ah eo fiukitia ejus* 
Now before I proceed any further, I 
tnu& ( to prevent roifconftrudions ) tell 
you that thefe following Creatures, though 
thty be not properly accounted Serpents, 
yet they are venomous and peftilent Crea- 
tures. As, firft the Rat, but he hath been 
brought in fince the E^fg/i/Z^ came thither^ 
but the Moufc is a Native, of which there 
arc fcveral kinds noc material to be dtfcri- 
bed J the Bat or flitter moufc is bigger a- 
biindance than any in England ahdiwaim, 
which brings me to the infcits or cut^wafted 
Creatures again , as firft the honcy Bee, 
wT|ich are carried over by the Englilh^ttd 
thrive there exceedingly, in lime they may 
be produced from Bullocks when the wild 
Beafts are deftrbycti. Butthcwafp is ccio- 
mon) 
