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encouragement, each planter laboured forliimfelf, and the 
ifland became a prey to every rapacious invader, which 
dilheartened the inhabitants fo much, that all induftry was 
loft among them. Their chief fullering was from a party 
of wild Irilh, who landed here after the revolution, and 
treated them vvorle than any of the French pirates who 
had attacked them before. The people of Barbadoes, 
and other Englilh Carribbees, knowing the value of the 
foil, feveral of them removed to Anguilla, where they 
remained for many years, and even carried on a profitable 
trade, though without any government, either civil or 
ecclelialtical. In 1745, their militia, though not exceed¬ 
ing 100 men, defended a bread-work agninft 1000 French 
who came to attack them ; and at laft obliged them to re¬ 
tire with the lofs of 150 men, betides carrying off home of 
their arms and colours as trophies of their victory. Since 
that time the inhabitants have (liblifted moftlv by farming; 
though they ftill plant l'ugar, and the ifland is (aid to be 
capable of great improvements. 
ANGU ILLA'RIA, f. in botany. See Ardisia. 
ANGUIL'LIFORM, f. an appellation given by zoolo¬ 
gies, not only to the different fpecies of eels, but to.other 
animals refembling them in ihape. 
ANGULN'A,/ in botany. See Cali.a and Tricho- 
santhes. 
ANGUI'NUM OVUM, f. a fabulous kind of egg, laid 
to be produced by the faliva of a duller of ferpents, and 
poffeffed of certain magical virtues. The fuperftition in 
refpedl to thefe was very prevalent among the ancient Bri¬ 
tons; and there ftill remains a flrong tradition of it in 
Wales. This wondrous egg feems to have been nothing 
more than a bead of glafs, tiled by the druids as a charm 
to impofe on the vulgar, whom they taught to believe, 
that the poffeffor would be fortunate in all his attempts, 
and that it would gain him the favour of the great. Our 
modern druidelFes (fays Mr. Pennant) give much the fame 
account of the ovum anguinum, gtain neidr as the Welfh 
call it, or the adder gem, as the Roman philofopher does; 
but feem not to have fo exalted an opinion of its powers, 
ufing it only to allift children in cutting their teeth, or to 
cure the chin-cough, or to drive away an ague. Thefe 
beads are of a very rich blue colour; fome plain, others 
ftreaked. 
AN'GUIS, or Snake, in zoology, a genus belonging to 
the order of amphibia ferpentes. The charadlers of the 
anguis are thefe: they are fquamous or fcaly in the belly 
and under the tail; without any fcuta. There are a num¬ 
ber of different fpecies of the anguis : 
1. Theeryx, a native of Britain and likewife of Ame¬ 
rica, is about a fpan in length, and about the thicknefs of 
a man’s finger. One from Scotland, defcribed by Mr. 
Pennant, was fifteen inches long; tongue broad and fork¬ 
ed ; noftrils fmall, round, and placed near the tip of the 
nofe ; eyes lodged in oblong filfures above the angle of the 
mouth ; belly of a bluifh lead-colour, marked with fmall 
white fpots irregularly difpofed. The reft of the body is 
of a greyifh brown, with three longitudinal dufky lines; 
one extending from the head along the back to the point 
of the tail; the others broader, and extending the whole 
length of the tides. It was entirely covered with fmall 
fcales; larged on the upper part of the head. 
2. The fragilis, blind-warm, or flow-worm: grows to 
about a foot in length, and to the thicknefs of a man’s 
little finger; the irides are red, the head is fmall, and the 
neck ftill more (lender; from that part the body grows 
fuddenly, and continues of an equal bulk to the tail, which 
ends quite blunt. The colour of the back is cinerous, 
marked with very fmall lines compofed of minute black 
fpecies: the fides are of a reddifit call; the belly dulky; 
both marked like the back. The tongue is broad and 
forky; the teeth are minute, but numerous; the fcales 
fmall. The motion of this ferpent is flow', from which, 
and from the fmallnels of the eyes, are derived its name. 
It refembles the viper in the manner of producing its young, 
which are put forth alive. It is frequent with 11s in gar- 
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dens and paftures, where it lives principally under ground, 
feeding on worms. Like others of the genus, they lie tor¬ 
pid during winter, and are fometimes found in vaft quanti¬ 
ties twilled together. 
3. L ise ventralis, or glafs-fnake of Catefby: has 127 
fquamce on the belly, and 223 on the tail. The head is 
very fmall, and the tongue of a Angular form. The up¬ 
per part of the body is of a colour blended brown and 
green, moft regularly and elegantly (potted with yellow, 
the undermoft part of which is brighteft. The fkin is ve¬ 
ry fmooth and filming; with fmall fcales, more clofely 
connected, and of a different ftructure from thole of other 
ferpents. A fmall blow with a ftick will caufe the body 
to feparate, not only at the place ftruck, but at two or three 
other places, the mufcles being articulated in a lingular 
manner quite through to the vertebra. They appear ear¬ 
lier in the fpring than any other ferpent, and are numerous 
in the fiindy woods of Virginia and Carolina. They are 
generally laid to be harmlefs. 
4. The jaculus, or dart-fnake: is about three hand- 
breadths long, and about the thicknefs of one’s little fin¬ 
ger. Its colour is a milky grey on the back, variegated 
with fmall black fpots like fo many eyes; and on the bel¬ 
ly it is perfectly white. The neck is wholly black; and 
from that two milk-white ftreaks run all the way along the 
back to the tail: the black fpots alfo are each fur rounded 
with a fmall circle of white. It lias its name from its vi¬ 
brating its body in the manner of a dart. It is a native of 
Egypt, Libya, and the iflands of the Mediterranean. 
5. The quadrupes: the body of this fpecies is cylindri¬ 
cal, with fourteen or fifteen longitudinal a Hi-coloured 
ftreaks ; the teeth are extremely fmall; it lias no ears: the 
feet are at a great diftance from eacli other, very fliort, 
with five toes and fmall nails; but the toes are fo minute, 
that they can hardly be numbered. Native of Java. 
6 . The meleagris: is a native of the Indies ; it has fmall 
teeth, but no ears. 
7. The colubrina : an inhabitant of Egypt, is beautifully 
variegated with pale and yellow colours. 
8. The maculata: a native of America, is yellow, and 
interfperfed with afh-coloured lines 011 the back ; the head 
is fmall in proportion to the body. 
9. The reticulata: a native of America, has brownifh 
fcales, with a white margin. 
10. The ceraftes: with 200 fquamae on the belly and fif¬ 
teen on the tail, is a native of Egypt. 
1 x. The lumbricalis: a native of America, has 230 fqua- 
mae on the belly and (even on the tail; its colour is a yel- 
lowifh white. 
12. The platura : the head is oblong and without teeth ; 
the body is about a foot and a half long, black above and 
white below ; tl>e tail is about one ninth of the length of 
the animal, much compreffed or Hatted, and variegated 
with black and white; the fcales are rpundifh, fmall, not 
imbricated, but they cannot be numbered. 
13. The laticauda : a native of Surinam ; the tail is com- 
preifed, acute, pale, with brownifh belts. 
14. Thefcytale: a native of the Indies, with 220 fqua- 
m;e on the belly and thirteen on the tail. The head is 
fmall and oval, and the eyes are little: the body is cylin¬ 
drical, about a foot and a half long, covered with oval 
obtufe fcales: the tail is thick and obtufe like the head ; 
its colour is white, interfperfed with brownifh rings; the 
margins of the fcales are of an iron colour; and the top 
of the head is blue.. According to Linnteus, none of this 
genus are poifonous. 
ANGUEL'LES,yi with falconers, fmall worms caft up 
by fick hawks. 
AN'GUISH, f. \_o-ugoijfe, Fr. angor, Lat.] Exceffive 
pain either-of mind or bod)-; applied to the mind, it means 
the pain of Jorrow, and is feldom ufed to fignify other 
pafli'ons: 
Perpetual abguijli fills his anxious bread, 
Not ftopt by bulinefs, nor compos’d by reft; 
No mufic cheers him, nor no feaft can pleafe. Dryden. 
AN'GUIS HKD, 
