is 
The Natural Hijftoryof JAMAICA. 
away with Urine the Sand, which is alfo done with other Fifh Stones. 
Jc is fourteen or fifteen Foot long, is-call’d from its Fins Manati, the 
Skin makes Shoes. The Tail is cut into Pieces and put into the Sun 
for four or fivé Days, itappears to be nothing but a Nerve, but after 
the Moilture is dry’d away, they put it into a Pan, and frying it, it 
turns to Butter moftly, which is very proper never turning rancid 
though kept very long, and being very good to fry Eggs in, for 
Lamps and Medicines, it has two young ones and two Dugs, There 
was a Fifhing of them in Jamaica and Cuba. What is faid of the Fifhs 
ing or taking them with the Remora or Reverfo by the Indéans by training 
them upto it, feemsto be fabulous, tho’ they will ftick to fuch Fifh as 
thefe are. Oviedo. 
This Fifh yields ftore of {weet Mantega or Lard, is a Thoufand or 
Fifteen Hundred Weight, gives two Stones in the Head over the Eyes, 
near the Brains, which cures the Stone in an Hour, the Author fee- 
ing one voided as big as an Almond. It feeds on an Herb that 
groweth by the Borders and within the Rivers. Parchas. Ib, 
XVII. Mus domefticus: major, five Rattus. The Rat, Raij. fya. 
2217: 
Thefe are too common all over the Ifland, both in Houfes and Lands 
where they deftroy the Sugar Canes, by eating fome and barking others. 
They are taken and fwallow’d whole by the Snakes, for which good 
Service thefe laft'are not molefted. ean 
XVIII. Mus domefficus vulgaris’ feu minor. Raij. fyn. Quadr. p. 
218 The Moufe. SRL EVIE al ite 
Thefe are likewife in Samaica. 
XIX. Vefpertilio. The Batt, or flutter Moufe. Raij. fy. p 243: 
Andira, Pifonis. | oo 
I have feen this here, and it agrees in every thing with Pé/o’s 
Defcription, and to the Marks of our common Batt. 
XX. Vefpertilio, roftro, appendice auricule forma, donato. Ap Andire 
guacua Pifonis ? 
A Batt with an Ear like Proceffe over its Snout. 
This is of the Magnitude of the former, in every thing agreeing 
to P2/o’s Defcription only it is much fmaller. 
They are both very frequent ia the Caves among the Woods, in old 
Houles and Walls, cc. 
_ They are faid to feed on prickly Pears. 
_, The Caves where they haunt much, are full of their Dung, and 
yield by the ordinary Methods much and good Nitré or Salt-Peter. 
CHap, 
