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their Cheeks wide, their Necks fmall, but when ir- 
ritated they 'can fwell them out j their Bodies are, in 
proportion, Ihorter and thicker, their Scales rough- 
er, and they are flower of Motion. Snakes are of 
a pleafant, harmlefs Afpedt, their Heads fmall, And 
Necks as thick as the Head, their Bodies long and 
flender, their Scales fmooth, and they are nimbler 
of Motion } their Jaws are full of fmall Teeth, the 
fame as the Viper’s, excepting the Tusks. The 
Tongues of both Sorts are a-like, being forked, 
which Form is the belt for catching Iniedts, on 
which they both feed as well as on larger Animals. 
Our Author begins his firft Plate of this Set, with 
the Figure of the 
41. Viper a caudifona Americana : The Rattle- 
Snake. Our Author faith, that this Species is the 
largeft, and therefore the mod venemous of any of 
the Viper Kind ; the largeft he ever faw was of 8 Feet, 
and weighed 8 or 9 Pounds. They often come in- 
to Yards, where they put all theDomeftick Ani- 
mals in great Confternation, nay, fometimes, they 
get into the very Houfes, and one was found be- 
tween the Sheets in a Bed foon after the Perlon had 
left it. Nothing hath yet been found as a certain 
Cure for the Bite of this horrible Creature ; cutting 
out the Flefli were the Wound is, and fearing it, 
feems to be the fureft Method. He faith, the 
Charming of other Creatures, attributed to this 
Snake, is generally believed in America ; but I lhall 
fay nothing more of it here, referring the curious 
Reader to the Account our learned Prefident, Sir 
Hans Sloane, hath communicated to this Society , 
on that Head, in TranfaEiions, N° 4 33. 
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