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There, while the Sun, with flaring Ray,
Sheds all abroad the Blaze of Day;
While Instinct leads the fainting Flock
Beneath the Covert of the Rock,
To yonder arching Bank we'll go,
Where Fishes glide, and Rivers flow.

OBSERVATIONS.

In the fubfequent Part of this Difcourfe let us view the wonderful Hand of God in fome of his created Beings and that Inftruction and Amufement may go Hand in Hand, as in our laft our Contemplations were upon a Race of Beings known to every one, our present Subject fhall be upon a Creature known to but few; I mean the Crocodile.

"Obferve the Crocodile's amazing Length,
His Form affrighting, and his mighty Strength,
With Scales of Brafs encompass'd all around,
From him the rattling Javelins rebound,

Broken their Points, but guiltless of a Wound.
Like op'ning Gates his threat'ning Jaws divide,
With Rows of Teeth like Spears on either Side.
In Ambush on the River's Bank he lies,

Thirsting for Blood; around he rolls his Eyes,
With Hunger pain'd:-What can his Fury stay,
Dreadful he roufes up, and rufhes on the Prey.
While yet an Egg, and cover'd o'er with Sand,
His Parents left him helpless on the Strand,
What Pow'r, but God's alone, could give him
Birth,

And raise the Monster, crawling from the Earth.

This aftonishing Creature is amphibious, and lives both by land Water, and hatched from an Egg, faid not to be much bigger than that of a Turkey, increases to the enormous Size of ten or twelve Yards in Length; but no certain Standard can be given, if it be true, as is reported, that while other Creatures have a certain Period to their Growth, this, on the contrary, ftill continues to grow

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New Moon the ift day, at 11 at night.

First Quarter the 8th day, at 7 in the afternoon.
Full Moon the 16th day, at 10 at night.

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And when th' infectious Syrian Star,
With fultry Heat barks from afar;
True as the Needle to its North,

I'll lead my lovely Stella forth,

Where cooling Grots, and purling Streams,
Shall fhade her from his fiery Beams.

OBSERVATION.S.

bigger to the End of its Life, which is faid to laft not less than a hundred Years.

Its Head is flat, both above and below; his Jaws, when extended, are wide enough to fwallow a Man. He has a fharp long Snout, full of Teeth, but no Tongue; the Eyes are very large, and of a darkish Colour; the Body all of a Bignefs, covered on the Back with high Scales, refembling the Heads of broad Nails, of a Colour inclining to green, and at the fame Time so hard, that a Spear has no Effect upon them. The Tail is long, and covered with Scales in the fame Manner as the Back; its Belly is white, and pretty tender, being the only Place

where it can with Eafe be wounded. It has four fhort Legs, with five Claws on its fore Feet, and four on its hinder ones. It is reported, that, different from all other Species of Beings, (except the Hippopotamus,) it moves only the upper Jaw in eating. Its Flesh is infipid, but not poisonous. It is a very ravenous, and at the fame time a very fubtle Creature, hiding itself in the Sands, and behind the projecting Banks of Rivers, to watch the Beafts coming to drink; and when any, Creature has the Ill Fortune to fall in its Way, and comes within its Reach, it then rushes on it with amazing Rapidity, drags it into the Water, and holds it down till it is ftrangled.

The River Nile is faid to abound with thefe devouring Creatures; and that the only Way to efcape their Purfuit, is by Aying in circular Lines; for their Bodies being of fuch a vaft Length, requires fome Time to turn in, during which the Purfued

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First Quarter the 7th day, at 9 in the morning.
Full Moon the 15th day, at 1 in the afternoon. 11 724
Laft Quarter the 22d day, at midnight.
16 624

New Moon the 29th day, at 4 in the afternoon. 21 625

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and Weather