9 61 10 New Moon the 3d day, at 4 in the afternoon. 161012 520 6 ΔΟΚ 520 7 Windy. 621 8 MW Remarkable OD Lon-D, rites | Mut. Aipects DD Days, &C. gitude and fet: mand Weather. 1r Camb. Com. 10 9146 1m 22 2W Vifit, B.V.M. 1124 31 2 19 3T DogDays beg. 12 934 D fets 4F Fr. ofS.Mart. 13 24 45 8 a 34 5SO. Midfum.d 14 855 9 E S. aft. Trin. 1524 53 9 MOxford A& 16 733 9 8T 91 W 10T 11F 721 9 Cam.T.ends 9 92313 31102314 5 29 51 72210 17 23 49 10 1921 2/10 55102314 8 hd 12 SOx. T. ends 13E8 S. aft. Trin.22 29 14M 15 T St. Swithin 16 W 17 18 F BLES B 24 510 2 2517 13 21112315 12 24 16 32132417 1813 24 17 Hot and dry 11142417 1114R 18 26 28 51D rifes 15 24 18 a 1016 24 18 29 433 8 19 8 20 E 9S.aft.Trin. 28 22 35 8 29 16 24 29 1624 R Margaret 21M 46 17 24 18 16 38 9 4 18 24 18 W T 128 51 9 24 18 24 17 211119 22 T Magdalen 23 24 25 F St. James 26 S St. Anne 27 Eic S.aft. Trin 28 M 323 5810 431923 17 Some hafty 61923 17 rain about 36 20 23 16 this time 11212216 may be rea21 22 15 fonably ex022 21 14 pected. 2222114 16231201131 There, while the Sun, with flaring Ray, 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, Broken their Points, but guiltless of a Wound. Thirsting for Blood; around he rolls his Eyes, 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 B 3 bigger New Moon the ift day, at 11 at night. First Quarter the 8th day, at 7 in the afternoon. 6 917 11918 Laft Quarter the 24th day, at 4 in the afternoon. 16 919 New Moon the 31it day, at 7 in the morning. 21 820 26 821 MW Remarkable D Lon-Driles 9 Mut. Alpects DD Days, &c.gitude and lets and Weather. 604 51251910 Mitt and 13 2018 10 rain about 362618 9this time. 027178 36 25 27 16 8 Na. of Jesus. 528 16 7 322915 7 60f 162915 6 St. Lawrence 146Dog-da end. 10E2S.aft.Trin. 18 81211 12 15 T 8113 DO.Lam.day. 61136 8 212 6 Seasonable. Affumption 23 742 3 13 ་ 212 16 SD. of York b. 24 19 36 rites 311 17 13 S.aft. Trin. 25 136 6 a 55 411 E 7Rain, per7haps thunder, and the And when th' infectious Syrian Star, I'll lead my lovely Stella forth, Where cooling Grots, and purling Streams, 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 B 4 |