Of Quadruped’s. 
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Part L 
great ; his Snout alfo longer and (harper than in the former. 
His Trunk Tenderer and much lefs belly’d. His hinder 
Legs alfo (land nearer to the foremoft. 
The d HIC K-T AIL D EFT. His Head is here 
wanting. His Tail is not fo {lender or tapering as in both 
the former, but ends more obtufely. And his hinder feet 
{land yet nearer to his foremoft. 
The S CIN K. Defcribed by Wormius , and others. 
Curioufly pictur'd b y Bejler. Like a Lizard 5 having that 
he hath a (horter Neck and Tail, (hort Legs, a flat and 
broad Foot like a Hand, with very (hort Toes, and without 
any Claws. The Powder hereof is Paid, Pctenter Venerem 
jlimulare. 
SECT. m. 
OF SERPENTS. 
A SNAKE preferved in Spirit of Wine. In Bar¬ 
bados there are feme about a yard and half long, that 
(,,) Ligon’s (a) will Aide up the perpendicular Wall of a Houfe out of 
Indp df onc ®- oom into another. A greater agility without feet, 
than we fee in mod Creatures that have four. Much 
helped, as itlhould feem, by their great length 5 whereby 
they can, in an inftant, reduce themfelves into fo many 
(hj Libi more undulations for their better aflent. In Brafile, faith 
c. 14. Job. de Laet, (b) there are Snakes found fometimes 25 or 
3 o feet long. The Indians., in fome places, eat Snakes very 
greedily. 
The greater S L O W-WORM 5 Cacilia. Called alfo 
the B LIND-W ORM; fo commonly thought to be, 
becaufe ol the littlenefs of his Eyes. His Skin alfo is very 
fmooth and gliftermg. His Teeth very fmall. Of a lighter 
colour than the Adder 5 which are his principal Notes. See 
the Defcriptions of Gefner and Aldrovandus. The Female 
is Viviparous, as well as the Viper. Bellonim faith, that out 
ol one, he hath taken above forty young ones. 
The VIPER. Vipera, qu. Vivipera 5 becaufe (he only 
among Serpents hath been thought to bring forth her 
young 
