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A Voyage from: Jarhaica to England. 
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bought of him a Hogfhead of his Wine, and let him go, he pretend- 
ed (to deceive usthe more) to follow us for Damages by the Shot he 
had receiv’d between Wind and Water, in the fide ‘of ‘his Ship, and kept 
after us till ic grew dark, and then he fteer’d away, we believ'd, his for- 
mer Courfe. I faw floating in the Sea a’large Piece of drift Wood, or 
Timber befet with Barnacles; and on which were fitting two white 
{mall, Birds. This is common ‘in thefe Seas, being Wood carried from 
uninhabited Countries’ bythe Rivers into‘ the Sea. a 
Though I forefaw the ‘Difficulties, yet Thad an Intention to try to 
bring with me from Jamaica fome uncommon Creatures alive, fuch as 
a large yellow Snake, feven Foot longs a Guana or great Lizard, a 
Crocedile, &e. [had the Snake tam’d by an Indian, whom it would 
follow as a Dog would his ‘Mafter, and’ after it was deliver?d’ to me, 
I kept it insa large earthen Jarr, fuch'’as are for keeping the beft 
Water for the'Commanders of Ships, during their Voyages, covering 
its’ Mouth with two Boatds, and laying Weights upon them. T had 
it'fed ‘every Day by the Guts and Garbage of Fowl, cc. put into the 
Jatr.from the Kitchen. Thus it liv’d for fome time, when being weary 
ofits Gonfinement, it fhov’dafunder the two Boards on the Mobth.of the 
Jarr,and got up tothe Top of a large Houfe, wherein lay Footmen and 
other Domelticks of her Grace the Durchefs of Albemarle, who being afraid 
to lie down in fuch Company, fhot my Snake dead, It feem’d before this 
Difatter, to be very well pleas’d with its Situation, being in a, part of the 
Houfe which was fill’d with Rats, which are the moft. pleafing Food for 
thefe fort of Serpents. ”Tis upon this Account that the European Nations 
inhabiting the Countries producing Sugar, do not moleft. thefe Creatures 
becaufe they deftroy the Rats (which came originally’from Ships caft 
away on the Coaft, cc.) multiply ftrangely there, and do infinite Mif- 
chief to the Sugar Canes, not only by: eating them, but fpoiling the 
Juice of thofe they gnaw. a ‘ ea 
The Gaara us’d to feed on Calabafb-Pulp, and liv’d very well aboard 
of the Yacht, till one Day when ic was running along the Gunnel of 
i a a Seaman frighted it, and ir leap’d over board and‘ was 
rown’d. | saeco 
The Crocodile or Allagator, 1 kept in a Tub of Salt-water. towards 
the Forecaftle, and fed it with the fame fort of Food zs the Snake, 
but it died on the 14th of May. ‘It had Five Toes join’d with a 
Webb. The: Armour he was defended’ with, or large thick Scales, 
were Quadrangular over the upper part of his Body and Sides. The 
Ribs were Cartilaginous, and towards the Abdomen were crooked, and 
made one with another the Figure of Lozenges, ‘The Lungs were 
nothing but Veficles and Blood Veffels The “Heart had two large 
Auricles. The Stomach was thick and large, the Guts had many 
Circumvolutions, one within another and feéveral coaglomerated as well 
ds feperate Glands. Thefe finé Circumvolutions were near the Pylorus 
and into them’ was inferted the Dua of the Gall Bladder. I obferv’d no 
Spleen; buc two Lobes of a Liver triangular and large, one on the 
left ‘Side ; and ‘the other on the right. ' The {mall Guts had a great 
many Cireumvoltitions. The Tefticles were {mall, long and redifh, 
and lay over the Kidaies which were long, and like a Bears, and in 
their Surface refembled the Gyri of the Brain. Thus I loft, by this time 
ot the Voyage, all my live Creatures, and fo it happens to moft Peo- 
ple, 
