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AN
ESSAY
TOWARDS A
NATURAL HISTORY
OF
SERPENTS:
IN TWO PARTS.

I. The First exhibits a general View of Serpents, in their variousAspects; such as their Kinds, Bulk, Food, Motion, Propagation, Coverture,Colours. In which is inserted a short Account of Vegetable,Mineral, and Animal Poison, particularly that of the Serpent; andits Cure in various Nations; where also the Serpent is used asFood and Physick.

II. The Second gives a View of most Serpents that are known in theseveral Parts of the World; described by their various Names, differentCountries, and Qualities.

Illustrated with Copper-Plates, Engraved by the Best Hands.

III. To which is added a Third Part; containing Six Dissertationsupon the following Articles, as collateral to the Subject.

1. Upon the Primeval Serpent in Paradise.
2. The Fiery Serpents that infested the Camp of Israel.
3. The Brazen Serpent erected by Moses.
4. The Divine Worship given to Serpents by the Nations.
5. The Origin and Reason of that Monstrous Worship.
6. Upon the Adoration of different Kinds of Beasts by the Egyptians, with divers Instances of the same Stupidity in other Nations.
The whole intermix’d with Variety of Entertaining Digressions, Philosophical and Historical.
By CHARLES OWEN D. D.
LONDON:
Printed for the AUTHOR.
Sold by John Gray, at the Cross-Keys in the Poultry, near Cheapside.
M.DCC.XLII.
iii
TO
Sir Hans Sloane Bart.

SIR,

The Serpent [Subject of the followingSheets,]

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