Account of the Taye. 113 



Tlie annexed figure of the Taye, which, I suppose, 

 is the same animal that has lately been seen by Da- 

 niel Green, Mr. Lewis, and other travellers, is cor- 

 rectly copied from the original Spanish engraving in 

 the Noticia de la California., &c., published in 1757. 

 The original work (of which there is an English trans- 

 lation*) is seldom to be met with, and is less known 

 than it ought to be : it is not, indeed, a very classical 

 work ; but it contains many things which are now, 

 at the distance of half a century, considered as neiv. 



XIX. Character qf the Jilk. 



THE following Extract was transmitted to the 

 Editor, some months since, by one of his correspond- 

 ents, who at present resides in the state of New-York. 

 It is part of a poem, of considerable extent, entirely 

 relative to American scenery and objects of natural 

 history. Whatever opinion may be formed of the 

 merits of the poetry of the Extract^ it will not be de- 

 nied, that the ingenious authorf discovers no small 

 acquaintance with the manners and habits o,f the ani- 

 mal, whose character he has drawn. It is to be hoped, 

 that he may be induced to communicate to the public 

 the entire poem, which cannot fail to afford much in- 

 formation, as well as entertainment, to many of his 

 readers. 



* In two volumes, octavo. London : 1 75'?. 

 t Mr. D. T. 



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