at Tangier ^ the Moon being very near the fame place ^ where ihe 
was now, 
of d fetter > laul'] mitten hy Mr, Nathaniel Fairfax to the 
Publiflierj contaimng ohfervations about fome Infeds^ and 
their Jnoxioufnefs , drc^ 
The Ingenious Author of this Letter ^ as he expreffes an extra- 
ordinary defire to fee th^Store-hodfe of Natural Philofofhj ^ more 
riehly fraughted (a Work begun by the finglecare andcondud 
of the Excellent Lord Ferulam ^ and profecuted by the Joynt- 
undertakings- of .the* i2. Society^ fo he very frankly offers -his Ser- 
vice in contributing fome of hisObfervations and begins in this 
very Letter to perform his Offer. For, Having taken notice of 
what was publiilit in Numb, p. p, i6i, out of the Italian Philo- 
fopher -R^^i, vid. That Creatures , reputed Venomous , are in- 
deed no Poyfons, when fwallow'd ^ tiiough they may prove fo^ . 
when put into Wounds : He^ for confirmation thereof ^ alle^ges 
Examples of feveral Perfons well known to him (himfelfalfo ha- 
ving been an Eye-witnefs to fome fuch Experiments) who have 
frequently fwallow'd Spiders , even of the rankefl kind ^ without 
any more harm than hvippens to Hens v Robin-red breafls , and 
other Birds j who make Spiders their daily Commons. And ha- 
ving made mention of fome men , that eat even Toads y he adds^, . 
that though a Toad be mi aPoyfon to us in the whole 5 yet it 
may invenome outwardly , according to fome parts fo and fo 
ftirr'd ; an inftance whereof he alledges inaBoy^ whoftumbling 
on a Toad , and hurling ftones at it , fome juyce from the .bruife4 
Toad chanced to light upon his Lips^ whereupon they fwelfdj 
each to the thicknefs of about two Thumbs : And he ncgleding 
to ufe, what might be proper to reftore them , they have conti- 
nued in that mifhapeh fize ever fince 5- the uglinefs whereof ? 
when the-Reiator (aw , gave him occafion to inquire after the 
caufe of it 5 v/hich thereupon he underflood to be as has been r^^' - 
cited. 
On this occafion ^ the fame Gentleman rebates that once feeing 
aSpider bruiffed into afinallGlafs of Water, and thc:in:;i -cd 
