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could not, by stretching out their Armi, encompass one of theta : but the-Fowh were not to be Found.

There was great störe of Oyfters , Lobßers , ztid Crahj ; as also of strängesorts of Fißi.

' There were also Millions of Flies very rauch troubling Men. They sawa greatmany Foctsteps of'Men andGbildren, but all of an Ordinärj Btg-neß, The Coaß is very Foul and Füll ol Rocks.

XXXIII. In Brazil, there are certain little Animals, call’d Poux Je Pha* otyirvathns i»tarn, which enter into the Feet betwixt the Skin and the Flesh; They grow congo*ty Mkh.in one Day as big as Beans, and if they are not prescntly drawn out, they A "f el ° d ' Guat -raake an Unsopportable Ulcer, and .all the Foot Corrupts. uT'ofPhcenia!.

In the Kingdom of Congo, there are Serpents 25 Foot Long, which will -ZS. p<? 77 vSwallow at once a whole Sbeep. The manner of Taking them is thus:

When they lie to Digest what they have Raten, they stretch themfelvesforth in the Sun: which the Blacks seeing Kill them; and having Cut offtheir Head and Tail, and Embowerd them, they Eatthem, and ordinarii/find them as Fat as Hog3.

There are here a great Nurober of Ants, and oftbat Bignesi that the Art-thor, being one day Sick in bis Bed, was forced to order himself to be car-ried out of bis Room, for fear of being Devoured by them: As it offenhappens to those of Angola ; where you may also find in the Morning, theSkeletons of Covss devoured by thesc Ants in one Night.

Amongst other Fair Fruit Trees m Brazil, there is one, whole Fruit isCall’d Nicejfo : which hath this reraarkable, that it bath but Two Ltavts ;whereof each is able to Cover a Man.

XXXIV. OB. 3. 1687. The King of Feton, Abtn Penin Aßirive, dy’d olserv^mmhere at Cafe Corse ; where he had been long Sick. The Fetijbers had done ^all they could «o fave his Life, which was nothing at all to Purposc ; Their o. »z». p. 687.'Pbysick searce extends to any thing but the Flux, and what we call theFrencb Difeafi-, his was a Confumption and an Aßhma, of a great Continu--ance. So they fled to the Aid of their Religion, and according (it leems )to the Rules of that, they made scveral Pellets of Clay, which they sct inhis Room, in Rank and File, all Spnnkled with Blood ; besides the scveralMuttons which they Eat to his good Health. But that was of too little <

Force; so the Man Dy’d, having deliver’d his Sword to the Dey, who inthe Interregnum was to be the Principal Man; for the Kingdom is EleBive :andCommanded him to be constant to the Engliflj, ot whom himsclf hadbeen a great Favourer, with a Threat, if he was not, ofHaunting him as-ter hisDeath: He also appointedone ofhis Wives, whom he thought wor-thy of that Unlucky Honour, to accompany him to the other World.

The next Day he was carry’d to Feton, and Bury’d there, Nov. z. withthe Poor Womaa we spokc of. Prescntly affer, they that were considerable,or had a mind to seem so, seilt in them that they had a mind to Murder, inHonour of the King : how rrny there were ’tis hard to fay, the Highest <

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