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k good. The appearance is as disagreeable 

 as that of an English toad : and as there are 

 no toads in America, it may be considered 

 as the toad. These creatures are found on 

 land. What makes me allude to the toad is, 

 that I put a terrapin in a dunghill, and it re- 

 mained there three months ; and when the 

 dung was moved, it was just in the same 

 state as when put in. There is a small tor- 

 toise that lives either on land or in the wa- 

 ter : it lays many eggs on the sands, which 

 are hatched by the heat of the sun. 

 Whether it proceeds from necessity or 

 curiosity that the Americans pay so little 

 regard to the quality of their food, I cannot 

 tell j but I scarcely know any creature, ex- 

 cept snakes and foxes, that is not eaten when 

 caught. The terrapin is sold in Philadel- 

 phia, in the same manner as oysters, in 

 wheel-barrows. 



There are great numbers of oysters, 

 which are in general very large, and hang 

 together from two to six. They are not 

 salt, but watery 3 therefore to me extreme- 



