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plied to the Bites of the Viper, Afp, or any other 
venomous Animals it flicks very faft till it has im- 
bibed or attra&ed all the Poifon (as a Loadftone 
does Iron), as many People in the Indies believe, 
and then it falls off of itfelf ; and being put into 
new Milk, it parts with the Poifon, and gives the 
Milk a bluifh Colour ; of which Redi tells the Suc- 
cefs of thofe he figured. 
Kempfer , in his Amcenitat. Exot. p. 396. fpeak- 
ing of this, fays, it helps thofe bit by Vipers, out- 
wardly applied j and that it is not found in the Ser- 
pent's Head, as believed, but by a fecret Art made 
by the Brahmens i and that, for the right and happy 
Application of it, there muft be two ready ; that 
when one has fallen off fill’d with the Poifon, the 
other may fupply its Place. They are commonly, as 
he fays, kept in a Box with Cotton, to be ready 
when Occaiion offers. 
Biron fays, that if the Wound of the Serpent 
has not bled, it muft be a little prick'd, fo as the 
Blood comes out, and then to be applied as ufual. 
It comes from the Kingdom of Camboya. 
Tab. II. 
Fig. 1. A Fietra de Mombazza i \ Inches in Dia* 
meter, weighing io-- oz. 3 dr. ii,gr. with large 
Prominences or Emboflmcnts on the Outfide. 
Fig. 2. another 2^ in Diameter, with fmaller Em- 
boffments on the Outfide. 
Fig. 3. the fame faw’d in two, and the Se&ion 
polilh'd, wherein appears a common Pebble a , of 
an 
