S. _Sandals_, used by the Ladies, 208 _Salamander_, (the Figure, Plate 5,) described, 92 —— how said to live in the Fire, 93 —— _Corvini_’s Experiment upon one, 94 _Salamander’s-Wool_, 95 —— —— Shrouds made of it for Kings, 95 _Satan_, why punish’d under the Figure of a Serpent, 185 _Scorpions_, (the Figure, Plate 7,) Countries destroy’d by them, as in _Æthiopia_, _Amyclæ_ a Town in _Italy_, _Pescara_ an ancient City in _Italy_, _India_, 45, 6 —— their various Kinds, Sizes, and malignant Nature, 87, 8 —— the _Persians_ curse by them, 88 _Scytale_ Serpent, (the Figure, Plate 2,) described, 70 —— —— an Aggregate of charming Colours, 71 _Scolopendra_, (the Figure, Plate 5,), 151 _Serpents_, general Description of them, 2 —— their Mode of Propagation viviparous and oviparous, 4, 5 —— their Sagacity, with regard to their different Lodgments, 6, 7, 172 —— during Winter, sleep with open Eyes, 7 —— their Enemies, _viz._ Eagle, Hawk, Stork, Ibis, Ichneumon, Magaure, and some Vegetables, 10, 11 —— Dust, not their original Food. A moral Reflection upon it, 12 —— their Food, which they swallow whole, 12, 13 —— their Size, some monstrous, others remarkably small, 13, 14, 15, 16, 146 —— their Apparatus for Motion curious, 17 —— their Skin an elegant Composition, 18 —— of special Service to Mankind, of great Use in Physick, various at home and abroad, 36, 7 —— the common Food of many Nations in _Europe_, _Asia_, _Africa_, _America_, 38 to 40 —— Instruments of divine and human Vengeance, 44 —— _Jewish_ Camp infested with them, 44 —— Victory gain’d by them on Sea and Land, 46 _Serpent_, its Contest with St. _Paul_, 44 _Seps_, (the Figure, Plate 1,) why call’d the putrid Serpent, 58 _Serpens Indicus Coronatus_, 112 _Serpens Putorius_, 113 The Sea _Serpent_, (the Figure, Plate 6) _Serpent_ de Boa, 144 Mistress of _Serpents_, (the Figure, Plate 6) _Serpent_, an Account of a remarkable one in _Lancashire_, 144 _Serpent_ in Paradise, various Opinions about it, 168 _American_ Serpent, (the Figure, Plate 3) _Serpent_ brazen, 191, 2 —— prefigur’d Christ, 194 —— _Israel_, why cured by it, 195 _Serpents_, the Adoration of them, 216 to 227 —— Reasons for that Worship, 228 —— Worshippers of ’em among Christians, 229 _Shrew_-Serpent, 151 _Shekina_ describ’d, 187 _Silence_, a Pythagorick Rudiment, 112 —— the Safety of _Venice_, 112 _Sin_, its first Entrance, 168 _Sleep_, a living Death, 70 _Snake_ common, (the Figure, Plate 4) describ’d, 85 _Spiders_, (the Figure, Plate 5) —— Black, (the Figure, Plate 4,) their various Kinds, 149 —— their Autumn Webs, 150 —— _American_, 150 _Stellio_, 123 _Stupid_ Serpent, 136 —— —— a living Loadstone, as describ’d by some, 136 _Sun_ and Moon, chief Deities of the _Pagans_, 209 _Swamp_ Snakes, 126