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docile, nor fo unfeafonably officious. It lives 

 in Madagafcar and Mauritius, I might have 

 had opportunity on this voyage of examining 

 fevcral more exadlly ; but they cannot be pro- 

 cured without paying for them. 



The moft naufeous and troublefome animals 

 are the lizards, which are, without any exag- 

 geration, innumerable, and much more fre- 

 quent than in Madeira : in one cocoa-tree of 

 twenty yards high you may fee at lead fixty of 

 them. In fome places I could not advance a 

 flep without ftirring whole troops of them, 

 which fculked under the fallen leaves. 



The boats in this country are commonly 

 fingle trees made hollow, and round at the 

 bottom ; and they have two out-riggers, which, 

 by means of a board pointed at both ends fa- 

 ttened to them, prevent them from overfet- 

 ting. 



The 20th of Auguft, being provided with 

 meat and water, we continued our voyage 

 without hindrance ; except that we were un- 

 der arms on account of fome Portugueze vet- 



.fels. 



The 



