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« Body. Then with a green Stick, which he had in 
“ his Hand, about a Foot an half long, the Bark be- 
“ ing newly peel’d off, urged and provoked the Head, 
“ ’till it bit the Stick in fury feveral times. Upon this 
“ the Colonel obferved fmall green Streaks to rife up 
«« along the Stick towards his Hand. He threw the 
“ Stick upon the Ground, and in a quarter of an 
“ Hour, the Stick of its own accord fplit into feve- 
“ ral Pieces, and fell afunder from end to end. This 
“ Account I had from him again at the Writing 
“ hereof.” [Beverley's Hiftory of Virginia, from 
pag. 260, to 267.] 
Father Lab at likewife tells us (in his Nouveau 
Voyage av.x IJles de /’ Amerique , Tom. IV. pag. 91 5, 
and 106. Ed. Paris, 1722. in 8°.) that Serpents, 
when they bite their Prey, retire, to avoid being 
hurt by them \ and when dead, cover them with 
their Spittle, extend their Feet along their Sides and 
Tails, if Quadrupeds, and then fwallow them. 
II. ^art of a Letter from Dr. Richardfon, 
F. P- S. to Sir Hans Sloane, (Bart. Prefident 
of the Royal Society, and Colleg. Phyfic. 
concerning the Squilla aquae dulcis. 
I Have met with very little of late in Natural Hi- 
ftory worth mentioning to you. One Thing I 
cannot omit, which I do not remember is taken no- 
tice of by any Naturalift \ that is, the great Deftru- 
ftion that is made amongft the fmall Fry ofFilh by 
the Squilla aqua dulcis, which abound in molt 
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