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Thefe three fpecies are natives of North America, and frequently brought to 

 Jamaica for the amufement of the curious. 



MUS 



1. 



Subfufcus maxima, caudd oblongd pilofd uU } The s ^ RiCQQn 



albida 





MUS 2. Maximus pullus y c 



audd oblongd 



pilofd \ dor jo fiibfetofo. 



The large brown Indian Coney. 



MUS 3 . Major fufco-cinerefcens caudd truncaid. The fmall Indian Coney, 

 MUS 4. Major albo fuhoque varia, can da nulla. The Guinea Pig. 



5. Domeflkus medim, caudd longa fubnudd, 1 Th( , Hoafe and Cane . Rat _ 



corpore jujco-ctnerejcente. 3 



MUS 



MUS 6. Dome fticus minor, caudd longd fubnudd, corpore f if co- 



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cinerefcente, abdomine albicante. 

 h one only of thefe be a native of y 



The Moufe, 



the fpecies are pretty com- 

 mon there. The firft is generally imported from Cuba and the neighbouring 



eyes, lips and teeth, are like thofe of a rabbit, 



fland 



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but the ears are fhorter and fmaller, though much of the fame form. The hair is 

 pretty ruff; and the feet have each five digits, but the innermoft of the fore feet are 

 fmaller than the reft. The noftrils are wider and more free than thofe of the rabbit; 



hairy. It feeds 



penis hangs out pretty far, and the tail is ftraight, tapering, and 



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ibles like the reft of the kind, but holds its food fometimes in one of 



The fccond fpecies is a larger animal, being feldom lefs than one of our hares; but 

 it is of the fame make with the other, and of an uniform colour, having fome very 

 ftiff hairs, ox rather bridles, on the lower part of the back. And the third, which 



is a native of J 



d fmaller 



ther oi thefe two, differs but little 



from them either in form cr m 



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dof 



the 



which is fhort and 





ftunrned, being feldom above two inches and a half in leng 



The fourth fpecies is pretty freq 



in 



all 



anima 



but it is not liked by many peopl 



i (lands, and often kept to breed 



The fifth fort is very common in all the fugar-colonies, where ii 

 \y deftructive to the fugar-canes, efpecially where the cane-pieces 



proves 



are covered 



fra/b, or over-run with weeds. They generally cut and deftroy a vaft number 

 of the plants, and frequently reduce the produce of a piece by one-fourth, or better. 

 There are great numbers of them in every plantation, though they take great pains 

 to get rid of them ; for the watchmen have feldom any thing elfe to do but to fet 

 traps for them, which they do with infinite art and eafe. Numbers of the negroes roaff 

 thefe an 

 of chara 



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in the ftoke-holes, and eat them ; and I have been informed by men 



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tafted of them 



they 



are 



ry delicate meat 



is alfo very common every where, but not at all different from 



the European moufe either in form or difpofit 



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Caudd abrupt d, pupillis rubris. L. S. N 



The Rabbit 



Thefe creatures have been frequently carried to all the fugar-iflands ; but they 

 do not hreed fall in any of thofe warm clim 



flips and other weeds proper for their fuftenance 



though all abound with potatoe 



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CASTOR i. Cauda I'm 



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The Water-Rat, commonly called 



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Price's R 







Thefe creatures, though the natives of fome foreig 



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