CHAPTER IV.
OF THE MOST REMARKABLE REPTILES AND INSECTS OF THE ISLAND, THEIR VENOMOUS AND OTHER QUALITIES, WITH REMARKS.
THE principal and moſt remarkable of the reptiles and inſects in Dominica are, ſnakes, lizards, wood-ſlaves, guanas, frogs, grugru worms, borer worms, centipedes, ſcorpions, ſpiders, ſawyer flies, blackſmith flies, loggerhead flies, Spaniard flies, freemaſon flies, the wood-horſe, and vegetable flies.
Some of the ſnakes are ſmall, and others very large and thick. Of the laſt ſort is that called by the French, "Tête du chien," or Dog's-head ſnake, from its head, which much reſembles that of a dog. Some have been caught in this iſland that meaſured upwards of twelve feet in length, and as thick as a man's leg. They have long, ſharp teeth; their ſkins
