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MUSTELA i. Subfufca, lined 



longitudinali alba 



per utr unique latu-s ducla. 



The Guinea Weafel. 



I had this creature from the coaft of Guinea : the body is pretty long, the tail buCny 

 and the fides marked each with a white ftreak near the belly j its hairs are fliff. 



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DIDELPHIS i. Mammis bulga ventrali teeiis, capitel 





vulpino Jimile. 



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The Opoflum. 



This is a native of North Ame 



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by the 



Nature has furnifhed the female with a very curious lodge between 



guments of the abdomen, to carry and preferve its y 



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CANIS Pi lis car ens , minor. 



The Indian Dog. 



This creature 



is frequent among the Jews and 



negroes in Jamaica: it 



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generally about the fize of a cur-dog with a rough fkin, which looks like the hide 



of a hog. I take it is a different fpecies from any I have everfeen, though the gene- 

 ral form agrees. They have moft of the other forts imported there from time to time, 

 where they mix tand degenerate into a variety of mongrels; and, as there is no 



particular game in the country, they require only fuch as may be dift inguimed for 



their care and watchfulnefs. The other fpecies I have obferved there from time 

 to time, are, 



CANIS i. Pajlor jidelis dittus, auribus ereftis mediis. The Cur-dog. 



CANIS 2. Aquaticus pills, undulatis, quandoque cauddcarens. The Water-dog. 

 There is a variation of this that is pretty fmall. 



CANIS 3. Ro/lro crajjiori repando major. 



The Bull-dog. 



There is a variation of this, called the Dutch- pug t common enough in J, 



CANIS 4. Motojfeus fardivox, capite majore. The Dew- lap, or Dane. 



CANIS 5. Minimus pi Us longioribus undulatis. 



The Lap-dog 



There 



of this kind called King Charles's breed 



The Hound 



CANIS 6. Venaticus oblong us tardigradus fiber ajfus. 



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CANIS 7. Venatkus peflore ampliori. ro/lro & ventre tenuWl ^1 ^ * 



oribus. I The Greyhound. 



I have at times feen the fmall Italian greyhound, the greyhound, and the wolf-dog 

 in Jamaica ; but they are all very rare in that country, especially the latter fort. 







VESPERTILIO J. Minor angulis & cxtremitatibus 



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alarum unguiculis uncinatis or- 

 natis. 



The Bat. 





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Thefe creatures are very common in "Jamaica, and generally reft, during the day 



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but come out at night to feek for food 



VESPERTILIO 2. Maxima glabra. 



The large fmooth Bat. 



I have not feen this creature ; but have been informed by Mrs. Carrol that 

 was caught at her houfe which was quite bare and very large. 



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