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common in Jamaica, and are generally looked upon as pernicious animals; for they 



fpare neither fowls nor provifions, and are much larger 

 they are commonly numbered there. 



than rats, among which 



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Of the Fera. 



II. 



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Moft animals of this tribe 



wild, which is the natural ftate of them, fiom whe 



d live chiefly by prey 



d this common appell 



they 



re- 





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RSUS 1. Major pull 



The black Bca 





URSUS 2. Medius 



The grey Bear 



Both thefe fpecies are natives of North America, and often brought to J 





by the traders from thofe 



but they h 



bee 



breed in the ifland 



yet known 







FELIS 1. Cauda elon 





icri 3fi 



This feroc 

 feen alive in j 







aqualib 



& 



maculis fiibrotundi 



s 



The American Tig 



n 



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of the 



b 



has 



fk 



daily imported there from the Mufkeeto-jh 

 native Indians, 



hich are much efteemsd by our fadl 



been } 



they are often killed by 



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FELLS 2. Cauda elongatd t unguibus retraflilibus, auribus t aqua 



This 



llbus 

 fame fort we have in Europe •, but as the feafon 



TheC 





5 are always mild 

 that part of the world, and the country full of proper prey, fuch as birds, Ind'i 







coneys, cane-rats, 



ds and lizard 



they 



are 



pt to 



ncy, the country- people fplit or cut off th 



Id. To pre 



this 



pofe thefe tend 



organs the more to the rain or d 

 from going too much abroad 



nd by thefe means generally p 



them 





A Cat 



y dainty difli among th 



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GALERA 1. 



Zi 



?td t ccuh 



busfubnudis apprefis. Tab 



Subfufca, caudd elong 



Roll 



produBum fub 



barbatum, ^maxilla 



nig rlr 7 



49. f./ 3 



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Guinea Fox 



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infer lore huge breviore 



exteriores paulo major es. 



iem confimiles fubcomprefji Gf Jubobtufl, caninls approx'unati 



ft yi Denies primores fuperiores fex fubcomprefji acu 





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Canini fuper lores conici, medio inter molar es & primores pofiti. Lingua r 

 fum aculc'is fcabra. Caput oblongum , Oculi oblongo-rotundati medio inter 

 & apicem rojlri locati. Aures compreffce, Jemielliptica reniformes, hu 



>J k. M m 



fere ft 



Pedes lacertofi validi fofr 



If* 



'fli ot.... & 



Dig 



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trinque quinque. Cauda conico-cylindracea producJa t atte?iuata J recla, de 

 clinata: Mamma? (Duas inguinales tantum obfervare licuit). Corpus ob 

 longum muri major i fimillimum^fubfufcum^hirjutum, pi lis villi s tenuioribus& 



brevior'tbus intermixtum, \u\ 



itxli 







This creature is often brought to "Jamaica from the coafts of Gui 





ground 



iea> where it is 

 d frequent enough about all the negro-fettlements. It burrows under 



d 



iefly by plunder 



of the fize of a fmall rabbit or cat, and 



ftrouir in its fore-feet 



much (Lorter than the hinder 









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