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LACERTUS omninm maximus, Crocodilus actus. 
The Alligator : Crocodille des Indes Occidentales. 
: HE latgenefs, ftrength, and terrible appeatance of this 4 grandeur, la force, & Pafped Animal r bh 
¥y mayen oe roccafioning it to be { fo often obferved : b s de ai décrire pits a croit 
3, and 
7 Raa one aA hike! ald heir a ticulier Sir Von ae que jy Jervis obligé fans tela pour une c ia ~ 
I 
e a creature: I ae t berefoe ene to le nc ver gue les chajes qué 
ont échape aie auth Hs font amphibies ; S quoi que tes plus 
g 
fo 5 quot 
gros, & le plus mie nontbre de ces Animawce habitent la Zone 
To b dix di 
ee a yet Pe ong te pal 3 and orride, il y en a beaucoup dans le Continent, dix ig oe plus 
7 greateit numbers inhabit the Lorrs one, t te YX RY avant vers le Nord, particulie vit anfe loin g e la riviere 
‘ 1 ae Feo) nent aboun ser = 1 te rete ec eS more north, parti- Tes Wanseiy Carenne | ponttncnl fee degre de k jen 
cular arly as Be e River Neus in North beth Ene } 33> Jami is Ge Abas Mates rig @ ces Pevinue au dela. de vip D pei j 
Rage d which T al ee heard of any 1 anfwers to the le PAL, y oi on en trouve “ph E Nads non Jeulex 
sere ep arts of Afri vay where “they are ees foi ~ hey frequent Jalées proche dela Mi Louces pli j 
not only tes terres, & he d” falées &F a di Is fe tiennent caches fur leur bordsy 
the country, and in lakes of falt and freth , on the banks of which they — parmii les rofeaux, p prendve le bitail € 1 / 
he }- 
_ in Jamaica and of the Conti I found ab i 
sere ora: riba die chatty ake <h : ef rer i &e long : rele cae que Joit 7 aipe. 4, leur ee @ encore pe icben Spl a 
able’ dnd See evound in their nztures iro se a re hommes, ni betes 5 (oy lors q (ipes el 
Tar pulling: them under water, that, rie rst they may, ee greater ns UAW ds ai pli > 
. Comm les qu Be ede a Ox, feat as eens a leu rs ee mes. A 
facilit ney uss) refiftance, devour peg As Csecrup eds fe Des ae aife piled Ths - sid nae poe Pe - ar gi ; de 
- 7 
» they m mottly fubfift on fifth ; but as Providen var acit des anin ut “earn es ace la ‘ule d empécher la difradion ae cewe qui 
for the prea or to ‘prevent the extinction, of defencele creatures, oe pe ale, pa 
ha th, y in nitances tebres, eff empéché ae sn out de cour 7 ren Lis droi F par songs id ne 
imp fo this detrudtive ‘montter, by ‘the clofe Sone cof pou fel 
he joi f hi can either fwim, nor run any gre! Weys Agee ift que p feet dint ie eal Set fur la tert? “A femble que la Nature ait 
. age p 
quely rp i en leur don- 
reuite to geet ‘his prey e purluit 5 hai they do it t by furprize in the ls | de d par addreffe ee cela ells les a douts dune fagacité 
well as by land: for ~~ which, Sirgulieres q pee par fa couleur pee noe terre Vv 
< 1 f oe wie: Bile ron, 
ie el ave recompenfed their want of agility, by giving F is ille buche fale Pie if pla fa 
ei zi i as b ahparence, O 
ing and catching their pre ies he ae a Mer, & tous ep autres animaux, ey au Grocodille A moyen Sen yar 
the outer form and colour of their w la mb dirty & de les dé-worer 
ie hich on nd re 
log or tree, and in the water frequently lies floating re racy soos - ere 
by w whic hand his — ate, rhnes Tu. 
an 
d fuddenly cai 
mas sro a get their “fool wit th more “tie cf oa i ‘eb Seo tld Ls mais ¢ 5 ty leur nourrit wre ace pls de d 25 pes is eva 
‘ ce 5 autres, : wot la lenteur de leur 
Lepage’ enables ees to endure : oe particularly, by fwrallowing what Aiton J he on parti wlier r, qui 4 
whole {t lowly, eat feldo Wolves exticr, bere pe no rarement, ea 12 prendre d i 
are ‘aid to — ee with mud, to fupply the ‘want of beter food : for pplécr a ill ; "eft pour la 
7 oe By» o diftend a a 7 ], A f > LA. 4 " 
q i f 
leurs inteflins, S e spécher geil i y “Els acne? non pa pour aidey 
hI, 
which He feem to be in no need of. For or in the greater se many 1 4 leur digeftion, 
have opened, nothing has appeared but uss of et wood and pieces of “eu quey "ai CuneRA jeg at Sian Ques ded Mabrcemtbe ce ties oie nx, gs de hath 
de Sapin, &S 
tellement ¥ ies © etoient deen’. fi G polies geil Sembloit gh ey avoient demenré és pl fieirs 
pine-tree coal, fome of which w: Las cee eight poun ds, and were reduced and 
wore fo fmooth from their firft angul oughnels, 
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mained in them many months, t des las: ces aufs éclofent par la chaleur du folei le 
in the fandy banks of rivers and ae ‘which are hatched reg the heat of the is courent O ae GS pearoryent euse-mémes Dut 
fun. The € young ae fofoonastheyare- “our rites ais les qi tils fon t encore jeunes, ils font 
filer ir thells. betake th } miitt or ee aS: es eS, ad Crocodiles ménies. po er qe Pum fe grand Animal fit. coutens 
a Sle young, tues ferve as a prey, 5 but pla @ abor ee ns un euf, 4 
ut, 
own fpecies. It is to be admired, that fo va an animal vee at frit b 
key. 
ta ind: pitt ae eB, no bigger than that of a ; 
k 1 Pear fpr Lecmhen dene Cod ob 2 la Caroline $ mait L Jon Soalenttional 
s Re eree $9. = nn Oi 5 ieee a eee 
fi being « fa tenatler fi h the Live; aud fh etd ale Pp q gus Bary t plus j ch Lig : Is 
fh Fil Carotna 7 g 4 
5 Ala Caroline oe deme. n ourdis a di EF ad ‘ur le bord des rivit 
rei lie nite from about ‘Osader to Mar oe in Vh ‘ teeta ong NA ese ps ae 
Sef 5 vi ‘Boy 
banks of rivers ; and at their make an noi aye sek eae 2 aproable reratna } aie i 
Jowing noife. The hind: part of their belly and tail are eat by the dudians, . Aninawe leur 9 ; B disow Bl cebenw ining bx Ete cote 
‘The fle fh is delicately white, but has fo perfumed a tafte and fmell, chat L & i me La fig neni Ee 
x q 
Th he figure here eshtited; reprefeats the re] Me del le 1 eff dA AES: Ei * 
PPO me Te Sav ee ee £ fheil ' a a as a ee 
oO =) ? 
Candela Americana, foliis Laurinis, flore tetrapetals luteo, frultu anguifliores 
ANGROVE=TREEs Arbre des Banianes. 
qh ners 1 4 . : A if 
HESE Trees vary in height, ng place » in others above thirty 1a) 4rb iffe ‘g / wingt pies, 
fect high } of th ddy foil in which they de pli pits de haut, a ee tion de speeder, ou Se Eiwat ye 
grow: The barke i is fmooth, ofa tah bro ne he {maller | hes inclining terveir fa ab, F iz fa oF & 4 
. - . . ip 
to red 5 z with their middle veins ae ; p we dans les peti ! a 
1 fall : 5 L 
| the fmaller branches are d he dift f l, ine du milieu eff 7. & les péidicules fe i ke j j 
g les plus etites bran 
inch: ae fl g Of" ether, d fc i A ds a ch /j ? ‘Se We : is cb 
- : ‘ quay y 
ftalks, Is; es sae &y Le is ch lee par ees le elles 
they o ens are covered with a greenith calix, dividing into four he fl brales ju nok a, rz we sar 
J SBE tes 2 8 y the flower is seco 
cceeds t t the e {mall end ° Aiguine ae ils & siceae des ile es wertes oe qui foal sp 
in ate ofa ise » with which une aie 
lace is me wick rot ae ‘ey rl are carr ried oe ie the ice and lodged de I. jt med eh Nes font tee fie tee ai 
on muddy bani: 2 
a “rei mi | take € roots he fi Ht ef wers les b wae 1 eUX, pe ly a els ae y, fet ‘hi leur a le plus gress & y prennent 
en ing, as in the figure. heir racine, rs petit bout pouffant, ee mul- 
eas a the {maller pews gone into the mud, furike root, "and i ina fev ‘years tipliem pas Seulement it par Lur femence, comme je peti 
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become fe, Pe it racine, 4 
ig Tee aS ‘ Pees e get mibltiplient de i Mie S accupent gil es geilles de ter ino " ; 
F 
f Alligators, which being too bi he clots of hick Keo ae oe 4 rp , ig PR pee 
g : 
‘ie ae ones find fi he j f their voracious oo Thefe ‘hes ph i ieee fi Be sehasepacti det eae ae i 
esti thie At costiick ae oy id réts dea 
Tartl other animals yp VA ies me. y oe 
Bean) = fo p : . Sanpeipearere i rigging CUE] sas te 9 Ley, ijjons vsraces, de Wee & d'autres Cres 
7 PAI oe jean Ripe a 13 entzan q es uns les atitres, &F de sore fe les ta 
RS lous tant gu’. 2] is Io 7 7 Fi 7 ai i lle 
groves in Andro. fof the Bab Der 1 Pies ae des Baniane Lees BT : pa 
oe 
a : p 
fent presque par tout fous la Zone Torrides 
VA Smears CLEVER TS 
the Torrid zie: iad are found but little pera or fouth of the ha ce “The ae Sonn 
‘ol. VI. p. 59. 61. 63. 65 trois ¢fpeces. Vol, VL. p. 59. “on ‘Se 
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