. British zoology. Vertebrates; Zoology. Clafs III. VIPER. 23 This wondrous egg feems to be nothing more than a bead of glafs, ufed by the Druids as a charm to impofe on the vulgar, whom they taught to believe, that the poflefTor would be fortunate in all his at- tempts, and that it would gain him the favor of the great. Our modern Druidejfes give much the fame account of the ovUm anguinum^ Glain Neidr^ as the Welch call it, or the Adder-Gem^ as the Roman philofopher does, but feem not to have fo exalted an opinion of its pow- ers, ufing it only to aflift children in cutting their teeth, or to
. British zoology. Vertebrates; Zoology. Clafs III. VIPER. 23 This wondrous egg feems to be nothing more than a bead of glafs, ufed by the Druids as a charm to impofe on the vulgar, whom they taught to believe, that the poflefTor would be fortunate in all his at- tempts, and that it would gain him the favor of the great. Our modern Druidejfes give much the fame account of the ovUm anguinum^ Glain Neidr^ as the Welch call it, or the Adder-Gem^ as the Roman philofopher does, but feem not to have fo exalted an opinion of its pow- ers, ufing it only to aflift children in cutting their teeth, or to cure the chin-cough, or to drive away an ague. We have fome of thefe beads in our cabinet: they are made of glafs, and of a very rich blue color; fome are plain, others ftreaked : we fay nothing of the figure, as the annexed plate will convey a ftronger idea of it than Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798; Cornwallis, William, former owner. DSI; Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943, former owner. DSI. London : Printed for Benjamin White . ..
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