Wild-Beafts. Serfents. Amphisbsena. 77 
The Leopards and Tigers of this Coun- 
try are faid to be large and very fierce : 
But here on the Coaft they are either de- 
ftroyed, or driven back towards the heart 
of the Country ; and therefore are feldom 
found but in the Borders and Out-planta- 
tions, where they oftentimes' do Mifchief. 
Here are three or four forts of Monkeys, 
of different Sizes and Colours. One fort 
is very large ; and another fort is very 
fmall: Thefe laft are ugly in Shape and 
Feature, and have a ftrong Scent of 
Musk. 
Here are feveral forts of Serpents, many 
of them vaftly great , and moft of them 
very venomous : As the Rattle-fnake for 
one: and for Venome, a fmall Green 
Snake is bad enough , no bigger than the 
Stembof a Tobacco-pipe, and about 18 
Inches long, very common here. 
They have here alfo the J^phishna, or 
Two-headed Snake, of a grey Colour, 
mixt with blackifh Stripes, whofe Bite is 
reckon’d to be incurable. ’Tis faid to be 
blind, tho’ it has two fmall Specks in each 
Head like Eyes : but whether it fees or not 
I cannot tell. They fay it lives like a 
Mole, moftly under Ground ; and that 
when it is found above Ground itiseafily 
kill’d, becaufe it moves but flowly : Nei- 
ther is its Sight (if it hath any) fo good as 
to difcern any one that comes near to Kill 
it : 
