LXV. The _Anacandia_, a _Ceylonick_ Serpent, of monstrous Corpulence, being in longitude about 25 Foot. _D. Cleyerus_, who accounts for this gigantick Serpent, says, he saw one of them open’d, in whose Belly was found a whole Stag, with all his integral Parts: In another they found a wild Goat; and in a third, a Porcupine arm’d with all its Darts and Prickles[237]. Serpents of this nature have often fallen in our way, by which we may imagine, that there is a vast spread of them over the Earth. Mr. _Ray_ from _Cleyerus_ gives this account of the Monster——Tho’ the Throat seems narrow, yet ’tis very extensible, and the Facts have been confirm’d by Experience. When the Prey is catch’d, he wraps himself about it, takes it by the Nose, sucks the Blood, and soon reduces it to a Hodge-podge; after he has broken the Bones in pieces, that emit a Sound like a Gun, _ibid._ And in doing all this he spends two days. Footnote 237: _De octavo genere merentur legi, quæ D. Cleyerus in Ephemer. German._ Anno 12. Observ. 7. cui titulas, _De Serpente magno Indiæ Orientalis. Urobubalum deglutiente Narrat. Raii Synopsis Animalium_,—p. 333, 334. LXVI. The _Ghalghulawa_ is another _Ceylonite_, that goes by the Name of _Serpens Indicus Saxatilis_, describ’d by whitish Lines, that run across one another: Whether the Poet refers to this, as a Serpent affecting stony and gravelly Situations, or to a certain Fish, I determine not[238]. Footnote 238: Tum viridis squamis, parvo saxatilis ore. _Ovid._ LXVII. The _Manballa_ is another _Indian_, and from its Name we may conclude it has something of the canine Nature, for it flies with great Fury at Passengers, as some Dogs usually do. ’Tis of a light red (or bright bay, as we call it in Horses) spotted with white. LXVIII. The _Nintipolonga_, an _Indian_ Serpent, whose Skin is checker’d with white and black Spots. Its Bite is accompanied with mortiferous Sleep, therefore call’d _Serpens hypnoticus_, _soporiferous Serpent_, whose Wounds are as an _Opiate_, or _Medicines_ that induce sleep, in which they die. _Q._ Why may not we suppose this narcotic Poison to be the same with that, which _Cleopatra_ used in executing the Sentence that _Heroine_ past upon herself? LXIX. The _Wepelon_ Serpent: Nothing is said of it, but that it resembles an _Indian_ Reed or Cane in form. LXX. _SERPENS Fluviatilis_, seems to be the _Water-Snake_. LXXI. _SERPENS Spadiceus_, a Serpent of light red Colour. LXXII. Then follows the _Ceylonic Hotambœia_. Dr. _Robinson_’s Account of this Serpent, he had from the learned _Hermannus_’s Library. _N. B._ Some of these Eastern Serpents may coincide and agree in Character with those in _America_, and other Regions. Where there is such an infinite Variety of them, and delineated by so many different hands, ’tis difficult to give an exact Description of every individual Serpent.