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fonous. 3. The hipnale is of a dullyellow colon* 1 , and is 
found in Afia. It has 179 fcuta on the belly, and 120 on 
the tail. 4. The conftrictor, has 240 fcuta on the belly, 
and fixty on the tail. This is an immenfe animal: it often 
exceeds thirty-fix feet in length; the body is very thick, 
of a dulky colour, and its back is interfperfed vvitli twenty- 
four large irregular fpots ; the tail is of a darker colour ; 
and the Tides are beautifully variegated with pale fpots. 
Befides, the whole body is interfperfed with fmall brown 
fpots. The head is covered with fmall fcales, and has no 
broad laminae betwixt the eyes, but has a black belt be¬ 
hind the eyes. It wants the large dog-fangs, and of courfe 
its bite is not poifonous. The tongue is flefiiy, and forked. 
Above the eyes, on each fide, the head rifes high. The 
fcales of this ferpent are all very fmall, roundilh, and 
fmootli. The tail does not exceed one-eighth of the whole 
length of the animal. The Indians, who adore this mon¬ 
itions ferpent, ufe the Ikin for clothes, on account of its 
fmoothnei's and beauty. There are feveral of thefe Ikins 
of the above dimenfions preferved, and to be feen in the 
different mufeums of Europe, particularly in the library 
and botanic garden of Upfal, in Sweden, which has of late 
been greatly enriched by count Grillinborg. The flefii of 
this ferpent is eat by the Indians and the negroesof Africa. 
Pifo, Margraave, and Kempfer, give the following ac¬ 
count of its method of living and catching its prey. It 
frequents caves and thick forefts, where it conceals itfelf, 
and fuddenly darts out upon ftrangers, wild beads, &c. 
When it choofes a tree for its watching-place, it fupports 
itfelf by twiding its tail round the trunk or a branch, and 
darts down upon Iheep, goats, tigers, or any animal that 
comes within its reach. When it lays hold of animals, 
efpecially any of the larger kinds, it twids itfelf feveral 
times round their body, and, by the vad force of its cir¬ 
cular mufcles, bruifes and breaks all their bones. After 
the bones are broken, it licks the fkinof the animal all over, 
befmearing it with a gelatinous kind of faliva. This opera¬ 
tion is intended to facilitate deglutition, and is a prepara¬ 
tion for fwallowing the whole animal. If it be a dag, or 
any horned animal, it begins to fwallow the feet fird, and 
gradually fucks in the body, and lad of all the head. When 
the horns happen to be large, this ferpent has been ob- 
ferved with the horns of a dag dicking out from its mouth. 
As the animaldigeds, the horns putrify and fall off. After 
this ferpent has fwallowed a dag or a tiger, it is unable 
for fome days to move ; the hunters, who are well ac¬ 
quainted with this circumdance, always take this oppor¬ 
tunity of dedroying it, When irritated, it makes a loud 
hiding noife. This ferpent is faid to cover itfelf over with 
leaves in fuch places as dags or other animals frequent, in 
order to conceal itfelf from their fight, and that it may 
the more eafily lay hold of them. In the time of the em¬ 
peror Claudius one of thele ferpents was killed, and a 
young child was found in its belly, fuppofecfc to have been 
fwallowed only a day or two before. The condritior 
abounds in Afia, Africa, and America ; but is found in 
tiie greated number, and grows to the larged (ize, in the 
more fultry parts of thofe continents. Several of thefe 
frightful animals have been killed in Hindooftan, and in the 
iflands of Ceylon and Java, which absolutely meafured up¬ 
wards of thirty-fix feet in length. 5. The niurina, has 
254 fcuta on tire belly, and dxty-five on the tail. The 
colour of it is a light blue, with round fpots on the back. 
It is a native of America, and its bite is not poifonous. 
6. The feytale, has 250 fcuta on the belly, and ievetuy on 
the tail. The body is ath -coloured and bitiifh, with round 
black fpots on the back, and black lateral rings, edged 
withWhite. This ferpent is a native of America; and, 
like the condritior, though not fo long, twids itfelf about 
llieep, goats, &c. and {wallows them whole. 7. The 
cenchna. has 265 fcuta on the belly, and fifty-feven on 
tire tail. It is of a yellow colour, with white eye-like 
fpots. It is a native of Surinam, and its bite is not poi¬ 
fonous. 8. The ophrias, has 281 fcuta on the belly, and 
fixty-four on the tail; the colour is nearly the fame with 
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that ef the conftriCtor, but browner. The place where 
this ferpent is to be found is not known ; but its bite is 
not venomous. 9. The enydris, has 270 fcuta on the 
belly, and 1Q5 on the tail. The colour is a dulky white, 
and the teeth of the lower jaw are very long ; but its bite 
is not poifonous. It is a native of America. 10. The 
hortulana, has-290 fcuta on the belly, and 128 on the tail. 
It is of a pale colour, interfperfed with livid wedge-like 
fpots. It is a native of America, and its bite is not poi¬ 
fonous. For the natural habits, fagacity, and economy, of 
thefe animals, fee Serpents. 
BO'AD, a town of Hindoodan, in the country of Oriffa, 
on the river Mahanada: fifty-five miles fouth-fouth-eaft 
of Sumbulpour, and 100 wed of Cattack. 
BOADA'DA BASFIEE, /. in the Turkifh army, ail 
officer of the janilfaries whole bufinefs it is to walk every 
day about the principal parts of the city, with a number 
of janilfaries to attend him, to keep order, and fee that all 
things are regular, even to the drefs. This office is for 
three months, and from this the perfon is ufually advanced 
to be a ferae h. 
BOADI'CEA, a valiant Britidi queen in the time of 
Nero the emperor, wife to Prafutagus, king of the Iceni 
in Britain, who, by his will, left the emperor and his own 
daughters co-heirs to his great treafures, in expectation of 
procuring by that means Nero’s protection for his lamily 
and people : but he was no fooner dead, than the emperor’s 
officers feized upon all. Boadicea oppofed thefe unjud 
proceedings ; which was refented to Inch a pitch of bru¬ 
tality, that they ordered the queen to be publicly whipped, 
and her daughters to be ravilhed by the foldiers. The 
Britons, Ihocked and enraged at the indignity, took arms, 
with Boadicea at their head, determined to (hake off the 
Roman yoke ; and they made a general and bloody maf- 
facre of the Romans in all parts. The whole province of 
Britain would have been loft, if Suetonius Paulinus had 
not haflened from the ifie of Mona to London, and, with 
10,000 men, engaged the Britons. The battle was fought 
for a long time with great vigour and doubtful ftrccefs, till 
at laft viCfory inclined to the Romans. Boadicea, who 
had behaved with all bravery imaginable, dilpatched her- 
felf by poilon, A. D. 61. 
BOAHIN'SHI ROCKS, rocks in the Atlantic, near 
the weft coaft of Ireland : two miles north from Inifmurry 
iftund. Lat. 54. 27. Ion. 8. 35. W. Greenwich. 
BOANER'GES, [of bonai, fons, and reges, Syr. a re¬ 
port or noife, particularly of thunder; and, in compound, 
fons of thunder.] A title which our Saviour gave to the 
apoftles Janies and John. 
BOAR, J. [bar, Sax; beer , Dut.] The male fwine. 
See Sus. 
She fped the boar away : 
His eyeballs glare witljtfire, fuffus’d with blood ; 
His neck (huts up a thickeft thorny wood ; 
Hi&briftled back a trench impal’d appears. Dryden. 
BOARD,/ \baurd; Goth, brad, 'Sax. ] A piece of wood 
of more length and breadth than thicknefs.—With the 
law they fundred trees in boards and planks. Raleigh .— ■ 
A table, [from burrd, Wellh.] 
May ev’ry god his friendly aid afford ; 
Pan guard thy flock, and Ceres blefs thy board. Prior. 
Entertainment; food. A table at which a council or 
court is held. An affembly Tested at a table ; a court of 
jurifdictioir.— 1 wi(h the king would be plea fed fo lifetimes 
to be prefent at that board ; it adds- a majefty to it. Bacon-. 
—Tlie deck or floor of. a (hip ; on beard, lignifies in a (hip; 
Now board to board the rival.veftels row, 
The billows lave the (Ivies, and ocean groans below. Dryden . 
To BOARD, v. a. To enters ftiip by force ; the fame- 
as to ftorm, ufed of a city, or garrifon : 
Arm, arm, ftie cry’a, and let our Tyrians board 
With.ours his fleet, and- carry fire and fword. Denham. 
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