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 dally talk, it caufed a upicion that fome accident had befallen him; they accordingly went in earch of him, and found him aleep, with one of his legs, up to the thick part of his thigh, in the jaws of a large nake. Awakened by their noie, he was in the greatet terror, and truggling to get diengaged, was everely bit by the animal; to prevent this as much as poible, wedges were placed between its jaws, whilt they cut it to pieces; by which means only he could be releaed. This operation took up ome time, which together with the length of time, his leg and thigh had already been in the belly and jaws of the nake, reduced them almoft to a tate of digetion; and it was not till a coniderable while after, that he recovered the intire ue of them.

The fat of thee nakes is eteemed an excellent remedy for the rheumatim, or for prains, by rubbing it mixed with trong rum. Their fleh is eaten by many, particularly by the French, ome of whom are very fond of it; but