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CUNTICULGUS  BAHAMENS TIS. . 
The Bahama Coney. 
ce ak S28 HIS creature isa little lefs than 
OS) 
Ig ; 
% and of a brown colour, with- 
out a mixture of grey hairs. 
a Its ears, feet, and tail refem- 
Ee thofe of a Rat; in other parts it is fome- 
what like a Rabbit. They feed wholly on 
wild fruit and other vegetables: when fur- 
prifed by hunters they. retreat to holes in 
rocks, ‘Their flefh is efteemed very good, 
it has more the tafte of a Pig than that of a 
Rabbit. I take it to be nearly of the kind 
of the Mus Alpinus, or Marmot. 
Syn. Quad. p. 221. 
Rau 
Lapin de Bahama. 
QLT Animal elt an peu plus petit 
p que le Pe de garenne ordi- 
naire: il eft brun, fans aucun 
vig de gris: fes oreilles, 
Ses pits & fa a guetle ge 
a ceux dun rats dans te refie il ef a 
pres comme un lapin. Ces Animaux fe tS 
riffent entierement de fruits fauvages &P 
@autres végttaux: lors gwils font furpris 
par les chaff ars, ils fe retirent dans les trous 
des rochers, On trouve leur chair fort 
bonne: elle a plus le got du cochon que 
celui du lapin. Fe crois que Ceft a peu pres 
la méme efpece g gue le rat des Alpes, ow le 
marmote. Rui Syn, Quad. p. 221, 
PITTONIZ fimilis, Laureole foliis, floribus albis, baccis rubris, 
HIS Shrub rifes to the height of twelve 
eet, more or lefs; the leaves grow alter- 
nately on long footftalks; the flowers grow many 
together on footftalks half an inch long, on the 
tops of the branches: 
1 feeds, like thofe of the wh 
This Plant grows on many of the Bahama Iflands, 
and is called there Streng-Back. The inhabitants 
ee the ftomach, reftoring loft appetite, 
other like virtues, as fhe Caffena is faid to have 
elie oneys, Guana’s, and Birds 
erries. ‘They grow on rocks 
on many of the Bahama Iflands. 
CC® if Arbriffeau Séleve a la hauteur de doure piés, 
plus ou moins: Jes feuilles font alternes, & placées 
Jur de longues tiges. 
Lextremitée des branches. 
pétales, & divifées dans leur bord en cing fe 
méme gue le calice. 
rouges, dela ae gu sti oe 7 sh oo 
wake 
a ice ieee ung 
décottion de Pé écorce, dont ils Je fervent beaucoup, lui 
attribuant de grands vertits, comme de fortifier 1 3 = 
mach, de redonner Ll appetit, & d’autres effets, t 
gion dit que le oe pre odutt Ce le piece 
Les ome 708, - guannas, & les oifeaux en aiment 
- elles er ll se 1% des rochers dans 
ae MS i ‘les e Baha 
