Of Quadruped's. Part I. 
great 3 his Snout alfo longer and fharper than in the former. 
His Trunk tenderer and much lefs belly d. His hinder 
Legs alfo ftand nearer to the foremoft. 
The T H I C K-T A I L/D EFT. His Head is here 
wanting. His Tail is not fo flender or tapering as in both 
the former, but ends more obtufely. And his hinder feet 
ftand yet nearer to his foremoft. 
The S C I N I<\ Defcribed by Wormim , and others. 
Curioufly piclurd by Bejler, Like a Lizard 3 faving that 
he hath a fhorter Neck and Tail, fhort Legs, a flat and 
broad Foot like a Hand, with very Ihort Toes, and without 
any Claws. The Powder hereof is faid, Patenter Venerem 
fli??iulare. 
SECT. III. 
OF SERF ENTS. 
A SNAKE preferved in Spirit of Wine. In Bar- 
bados there are fome about a yard and half long, that 
(a) Ligon's (a) will Aide up the perpendicular Wall of a Houfe out of 
bid '° f 6i X ~ one R° om into another. A greater agility without feet, 
a ' p * ' than we fee in moft Creatures that have four. Much 
helped, as it (hould feem, by their great length 5 whereby 
they can, in an inftant, reduce themfelves into fo many 
Lib 1 more undulations for their better affent. In Brafile, faith 
/14. 1 ' I5 ' Job. de Laet, (b) there are Snakes found fometimes 2$ or 
3 o feet long. The hdia?is, in fome places, eat Snakes very 
greedily. 
The greater SLOW- WORM 3 Cacilia. Called alfo 
the B L I N D-W ORMj fo commonly thought to be, 
becaufe of the littlenefs of his Eyes. His Skin alfo is very 
fmooth and gliftering. His Teeth very fmall. Of a lighter 
colour than the Adder 3 which are his principal Notes. See 
the Defcriptions of Gefner and Aldrovandus, The Female 
is Viviparous, as well as the Viper. BeUonins faith, that out 
of one, he hath taken above forty young ones. 
The VIPER. Viper a, qu. Vivipera 3 becaufe fhe only 
among Serpents hath been thought to bring forth her 
young 
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