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The Java Hare. 



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Le Lievre de Java. 



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I^T was about the blgnefs of an 



ordinary (ized Har-e, covered 

 with hair of a reddifh brown 

 colour ; the head fmall in 

 ;proportion to the body : the 

 ^yes were large and prominent , the ears 



etok de 



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grojfe 



taille ordinaire 



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like thole of a Rat ; except which, the 

 iiead partook of the likenefs both of a Deer 



a 



lievre 



^ convert d'^unpoil d'^un brun* 



rouffdtre: il avoit la tete petite 



proportion du corps ^ les yeux 



les oreilles comme celles 



la tete participoit 



avances 



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^nd an Hare : the hind part of the body ^voit le rable^ ^ les cuijfes d'^une grojfe 



ejfemblance du daim ^ du lievre 



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^nd thighs remarkably big ; the legs were 



remar 



iong; 



the fore-feet has each four toes, the pies de devant avoient ch 



les jam he s etoient longues 



^utermoft being veiy fhort , the hind-feet ^ont le plus externe etoit fort court 



les 



quatre doigtSy 



les p 



liad only three toes on each foot j it had a de derriere n^ avoient chacun qu€ trois doigts 



very Ihort tail ; it was very tame and in- pour la quelle ^ elk etoit tres courte. Get Ani 



oiS^niive, and fed only on fruit and other tnal etoit fort doux^ ne faifoit aucun mal. 



vegetables. They are natives 6{yava and ne mangeoit que du fruit ou des herhes, II eft 



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Sumatra, This was in the pofTeffion of ortginmre de J 



de Sumatra 



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iiis Grace the Duke of Richmond, who 



dont 



on vott tct 



fppartenoit a 



was pleafed to think it worth a place in this My lord Due de Richmond, qui Pa juge 



colledtion^ 



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^igne d"* avoir place dans cette collecli 



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Ficus citrii folio y 



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arm purpurea 





fT^ HIS tree grows to a large fize, having a 



j|[ light-coloured fmooth bark. The leaves 

 are fliaped like thofe of the Citron-tree. 



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hle^ a una Score e douce ^ '^ 



grop. 



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The 



claire 



n/tdera" 

 couleur 



Ses femlles font de la figure de celles d'un 



fruit grows three or four of them together from citronnier. A V egard de fes fruits^ Us vienneni troh 



the £des of the branches, on a footftalk fome- ou quatre enfemble des aijfelles des branches fur un 



what lefs than an inch long. The fruit is about pedicule qui n a pas tout a fait un pouc'ede longueur: 



the bignefs of a Sloe, but fhaped like a Fig, and ilsfi)nt a peu pres de la grojfeur d'une prunelle fau- 



covered with a thin purple fkin, containing fmall i^age^ mats de la figure d'une figue^ &' converts d^une 



feeds in pulp of the fame purple colour, which peau mince &* purpurine^ conte7iant de petitesfemences 



has 



a 



fweet 



Bird 



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tafte, but is much coveted 



rocks' on the Bahama Ijlandsi, 



other Animals. They grow on douqd 



poulpe de la mime couleur^ mais Us nofit quun gout 



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ifipide 



&^ cependant les oife 



d^autres betes en font fort abides. ' Ces Arbres croif 

 fent dans lesfentes des rochers dans les ties de Bahama, 



* Ficus Indica. Theophraft. Hift. Plant, lib. IV. c. 5. Strabo. Geograph. lib. V. Plin. lib. XII. c. 5. Q. Curtius, lib. IX. c. i. 



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