TIMOR. . ... 



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of inhabitants ; and in other places groves and coco-palms, that 

 reached a mile inland, and clofe to them houfes and plantations 

 innumerable. 



The domeftic animals of Timor feem to have been introduced Animals. 

 there by the Europeans, except the hogs and buffaloes. Mon- 

 kies are numerous, but I believe very few other native animals. 

 Here are infinite varieties of birds. The woods abound with 

 bees, which produce quantities of honey and wax; and the fea 

 with fifhes and {hell-filli ; and as to the vegetable kingdom, it 

 yields moft of the tropical trees, fruits, and plants. 



