(54i 
tucrepit(u:ulumaddidijfevtdHur » ut illms Smitu admomtus 
quihbet homo non folum , fed^ qualecunque Pecus^ ^ veljumen^ 
turn , tempefiivh fihi caveat h vicino Hofle. But why he 
fliouldmake it fo dangerous > if thruftinto amansFun- 
dameat Cwhich how it can I don't well fee ) as to be more 
fatal than the poifon of his Teeth ^ I know no reafoo. 
Both he dLX^d .Nierembergius and Others do allert , that 
every year there is an addition of a new l^atth , which 
Dr» \Grm^ fafpeds, for then he muft live 1 6 years, for fo 
many joynts there are obferved in fome in our Repo« 
Jfftory i I have been told in fome there have been above 
20. Thefe Rattles are placed with their broadeft part 
perpendicular to the body:, not Horizontal. And the i. 
is faftened to the laft Fertebraoi the Taile by means of a 
thick Mufcle under it , and by the membranes um con- 
joyn it to the Skin. I have not given the figure of the 
whole Sceleton, fineewhatis wanting maybe fufficient-^ 
Jy under ftood by the defcription; and whofo pleaies may * ^ 
view the Sceleton itfclf , inthe Repofitory of the Royal 
Society, very curioufly prepared by that ingenious young 
Gentleman J^h, Waller a worthy Member of the 
Society whofe great affiftance tome, I muft hear grate» 
fully acknowledge 1 as to the Defigns# and otherwife: 
his curious Penfil illuftrating what my Pen was often lef$ 
able to defcribe. 
r GuiU Pifo de lndiiC mmfqtti re Nau ^ med* I. i« c. 174 
