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avidity, and the quantity of fluid it contains 

 obviates the necessity of supplying the animal 

 with water. 



The sheep are of that gaunt, hairy, and goat- 

 like species (Ovis aries Africana) common to 

 the continents of India and Africa. Goats are 

 also denizens of the soil ; as well as swine, which 

 are of the ordinary mixed breed. Dogs, of 

 mongrel race, and cats conclude the list of 

 domestic quadrupeds. 



The only mammalia, feres natures, that came 

 under our notice, were monkeys and bats. The 

 former are of a dull-yellow colour, and in size 

 and appearance bear a close resemblance to 

 the common Barbary, or Gibraltar-monkey, of 

 itinerant notoriety. An infant example of the 

 species, which we obtained, was covered with 

 down of a glossy-black colour. During the day 

 they may be seen in the jungle, playing their 

 antics upon the boughs of trees, and as night 

 advances they approach the settlement, and 

 fill the air with their querulous cries, as they 

 arrange their roosts on the surrounding palms, 

 or quarrel for the inside places. Some of these 

 grotesque creatures, tamed by the natives, were 

 sold to our crew at the rate of a rupee each. 



The bats are of that large kind which sailors 

 call "flying-foxes." When our wood-cutters 



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