This Iquannatick Serpent is of the amphibious kind, equally fitted to live by Land or Water; a Privilege which no Son of _Adam_ can boast of. It is of the oviparous Tribe, and a great Breeder, laying about fifty Eggs at the Season as big as Acorns, which are of a very good Taste, and good Food when boiled, and so is the Serpent itself; but the Land-_Iquanna_ is a more pleasant Food, and preferable to _Spanish_ Ragous[222]. Footnote 222: _Nierembergii Historia Naturalis_, p. 271. XXXV. The _Ibiboboca_ is a Serpent beautiful to the Eye, but of a venemous Nature; ’tis about three Foot long. The _Icon_ of it in _Gresham-College_ is above three Yards[223], white as Snow, decorated with Particles of various Colours, especially black and red. The Wound it gives operates gradually, and if neglected, proves fatal. Footnote 223: _Curzon_’s _Catalogue of Rarities_, p. 445. XXXVI. The _Guaku_ or _Lyboya_ Serpent, is one of the largest of all the serpentine Brood, some of which being from eighteen to thirty Foot long, call’d by the _Portuguese_, _Hobre de Hado_, or the _Roebuck Serpent_, because it can swallow a whole Buck at once. After swallowing it down, it generally falls asleep, and in that Posture is frequently taken, while digesting its Supper. My Author says, he saw one of this kind, which was 30 Foot long, of a greyish Colour, but others incline more to the brown[224]. A ravenous Animal, and so voracious, that it leaps out of the Woods to seize its Prey; and, if disturb’d, will fight, or wrestle, with Man or Beast, standing upright upon the Butt-end of his Tail. Footnote 224: _Nieuhoff in Atl. America,_ p. 263. XXXVII. The _Jararaka Serpent_, is another _Brasilian_, no longer than a Man’s Arm to the Elbow; it has swelling Veins on its Head; the Skin is covered with red and black Spots; the rest is of an Earth Colour: Its Wounds are dangerous, and attended with the usual Symptoms. There are three Sorts of these venemous Snakes besides this, _viz_. _One_ sort is about ten Spans long, with two terrible Tusks, or great Teeth, which they stretch out to a great length, and strike them into their Prey. The venemous Liquid, which is very yellow, works with a Violence, that kills in a few Hours. The _second_ sort resembles the _Spanish Viper_ in Colour and Form, and is equally dangerous. The _third_ and worst sort very much resembles the _first_.