108. The Arabians say also that all the world would have been by this time filled with these serpents, if that did not happen with regard to them which I knew happened with regard to vipers: and it seems that the Divine Providence, as indeed was to be expected, seeing that it is wise, has made all those animals prolific which are of cowardly spirit and good for food, in order that they may not be all eaten up and their race fail, whereas it has made those which are bold and noxious to have small progeny.
108. Eta arabiarrek hau ere esaten dute: lur osoa beteko omen litzateke suge horietaz, baldin, nik dakidanez, sugeetan gertatzen den bezalako zerbait haien artean gertatuko ez balitz. Eta, nolabait, jainkoaren probidentzia, bidezkoa ere baden bezala, jakintsua baita, bizieraz izuti eta jangarri direnak, hauek guztiak ume askokoak egin zituen, irentsiak izatean desager ez zitezen;