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Serpetis Bojobi , Brafilienfis Tetrauchoad Tleoa, Lulitanis Cobra verde. Seb. The/, vol. 2. 
‘ p. ioi.' tab: 96: fig. z. 
Polonga Ceyionenfibus? Knox. Ceylon. I. 1. c. 7. Ed. Belg. 
Facies anterioris. Color fuperiorioris capitis. Cauda parva, attenuata, obtufiuscula feptimam 
corporisque viridis, faTeijs irregularibus fin uniis totius longitudinis partem adaequans, 
dillindiiffirnis niveis in dorfo furnmisque lateribus Longitudo tripedalis, 
confpicuis variegatus. Abdomen fubtuseft albidum. Habitat in India Orientali. 
CROTALOPHORUS. ' Arophib. Hift. p. 70. 
137. Crotalophorus Icatis abdominalibus clxxiv, Icutis caudalibus 
xx, tribusque intermediis fquamarum paribus. Htji. Amphib. n. 45. 
Vipera Ceilonica nafuta. Seb. The/ vol. 2. p. 4 6. n. 4. tab. 45. fig. 4. optima. 
Boicininga & Boicinininga , & Boitininga, atque etiam Boiquira Braiilienfibus. Marcgr. Bra- 
fil. I. 6. c. 24. p. 240. fig. pe/fuma. 
Crotalus duriffus 172—21: 3. Linn. Syfi. Nat. Ed. 10. gen. 107. 
Habitat in America Meridionali. 
138. Crotalophorus icutis abdominalibus clxvi, abdominalibus 
xxvi , crepitaculis x. 
Crotalus fcutellis abdominalibus 167, fcutellis caudalibus 23, fquamisque caudalibus 2. Linn'. 
Mu/. Regis Sueciae. p. 39. 
Coluber Americanus venenatiffimus fonorus, ad extremitatem Aridulis nodis & crepitaculis 
verticillorum inftar inftruflus. Vipera Americana capdifona. Scbeucbz. Phy/. Sacr. tab. 738. fig. 4. 
optima. 
Crotalus horridus 167—23: 2. Linn. Syfi. Nat. Ed. 10. gen. 107. 
Habitat per totam Americam , Venenatiffimus. ali our other Cattle at fome time or other have 
Vivum hunc aluit Harlemi D. Baart. been. I attribute this to the natural defence 
Veneno non nocere Sues, eorumque animalium which Hogs have from their fat, through whith 
pinguedinem venerofo hujus ferpentis morfu ple- the theeth of the Viper can not penetrate without 
rumqueprodeffie affirmat D.Colden M. D. in litteris giving the remedy at the fame time it infufes the 
ad Parentem rneuin datis in New York 8 Decemb- poyfon. We chiefly trufl to the repeaced appli- 
1744. hifce verbis. The Ufe of Oyl in the cure cation of warm Oyl or Lard to the wounded part. 
of the Bite of the Rattle-Scake has been con- You know how dangerous it is to truft to one or 
firmed in feveral inflances in this Country, and two experi.men.ts, unlefs they be perform’d with 
that Hogs lard is effedtual. It is probable bv ali requifite precaution. But I can affiire you, 
confequence that all oyly things are. It has been that I would rather trufl in this cafe to Oyl or 
long obferv’d in this Country, that Hogs are ne- Hogs-Lard , than to the famous Polygala , or any 
ver hurt by the Rattle-Snake or other Viper , tho’ other Medicine that I have heard of. 
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