They are caught and put into ſtrong rum; and if the part bit or ſtung be rubbed with it, the pain is ſoon allayed, though the ſting of the ſcorpion is at firſt exquiſite, and hardly to be endured with temper.
Spiders are alſo here in great plenty, and of various kinds, ſome of them being much larger than any in England, their bodies are covered with a fine down like hair, and their mouths are armed with ſtrong, ſharp teeth, or forceps, with which they wound ſeverely, but their bite is not venomous. Others are very ſmall, and beautifully ſpotted with a variety of the moſt lively colours; and ſome have eyes in different parts of their bodies, but they are all harmleſs.
The ſawyer fly, ſo called from its faculty of ſawing aſunder the branches of trees, whoſe ſubſlance is its food, is about three inches in length when full grown, and is a very ſingular inſect. Its head has ſomewhat the appearance
