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which are in common to Smnatra ; and that I believe, with very 

 few exceptions, to be the cafe. 



Horses were found here on its firft difcovery; they are Horses, 

 fmall, but ftrong and fpirired, and run wild among the interior 

 mountains. 



Oxen, the fame as my Tndiany H\it. Quad. p. 20, 21, are com- Oxen. 

 mon, with and without himches ; thofe without are higher flioul- 

 dered than ufual ; they are miferably lean, with a finer grain, 

 but lefs juicy than the European, Mr. Lot en told me that wild 

 oxen, of a reddiih brown color, with vaft horns, and of a great 

 iize, are found in Java. 



The African or Cabrito flieep are common, and very bad Sheep. 

 eating. The broad-tailed is brought from the Gape for fale, and 

 is efteemed excellent. 



The Axis, Is' 56, is found in this ifland, as is the middle Deer. 

 Jzed, N° 57. 



The Ribbed Face, N° 60, called hy the Javans, Muntjak, is 

 reckoned delicate food. 



The little Indian Mujk, N^'Gj, and the Gimfea, N°68, perhaps 

 a variety, inhabit Java. The Poet-jang of the Javans are 

 caught in fnares, brought in cages to market, and fold for the 

 value of two pence halfpenny a piece. 



The ofie-horned Rhinoceros, N" 8r, is frequent. As to ele- Rhikoceros. 

 phants, they are not mentioned by Mr. Nieuhoff, and Bonlius 

 even fays that they are not found in this ifland. 



The Sucotyro of the Chinefe is engraven by the former*, and Sucotyro. 

 thus defcribed : it is of the Iize of a large ox ; has a fnout like a 



* Churchill's Coll. vol. ii. p. 360. 



F 2 hog. 



