CXXXIII. _MARTINIUS_ in his _Atlas_ relates, that in the Province of _Quangsi_ in _China_, there are Serpents thirty Foot long. The _Flora Sinensis_ reports of the Serpent call’d _Geuto_, that it devours whole Stags, but is not very venemous. ’Tis of an ash Colour, from eighteen to twenty-four Foot long; will often seize on a Man, by leaping from a Tree, and kill him, by its violent windings about him.—The _Chinese_ preserve his _Gall_ to cure the Diseases of the Eyes.—_Marcus Paulus Venetus_ testifies the same of the Serpents of _Carrajam_.—Some are in length ten Paces, in thickness ten Palms, and able to swallow a Man. Are taken thus: The Serpent in the Day lies in Caves of Mountains; in the Night hunts for Prey, and then returns to its Cave, with the weight of its Body, plowing deep the Earth, being sandy in the Track it goes along: Here the Huntsmen fix strong Stakes pointed with Iron, covered with Sand; and as the Serpent travels along, the Spikes gore its Entrails, and are fasten’d therein, by which ’tis kill’d; and the Huntsmen sell the _Gall_ at a great Price for Medicine, and the _Flesh_ for Meat. These, continues he, may be reckon’d among _Dragons_, but are without Poison: Instead of Feet, they have Claws like those of a _Lion_ or _Falcon_.—There are other Serpents in _China_ full of rank Poison, especially the _hairy-headed Serpent_. So far _Martin_. _N. B._ This Province of _Quamsi_ or _Quangsi_ is able to raise a Million of fighting Men. It is not so much frequented as the Province of _Quantung_ or _Canton_, where they have two Harvests a year. One says, there is a Mountain here with a Pool in it, which makes a Noise like Thunder, if a Stone be cast into it, and causes Showers from the Sky[306]. Their Winter is warm, and their Fields always verdant, producing great Quantities of Gold, Pearl, Silk, Copper, Steel, Iron, Salt,—and odoriferous Woods.—They hatch their Ducks Eggs and those of other Fowls in Ovens, or Dunghills. Footnote 306: _Pancirollus._ CXXXIV. There is a kind of _Reptiles and Insects_ (I don’t mean the common Tortoise) which is a certain sort of Snake, small in Body and of white Colour, found in _Lydia_, _Arabia_,—cased over with a white colour’d Shell, which shines like a sparkling Margarite[307]. Footnote 307: _Pancirollus._ I shall close this Part with an Experiment made by the noble _Roman_ before-mentioned, who (being sollicitous to take a compleat View of a Serpent) after he had dissected one, preserved the Flesh and Bones, and having, _secundum artem_, reduced them to Ashes,—extracted _Aqua Fontana_,—whose Virtues were equal to those drawn from the Ashes of other Animals, and of Plants.