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its young : And the great lingularity of it lies In its 

 numerous Brood, one fingle Egg affording above 

 twenty Flies, which, I fancy, no other Egg in 

 the World does. My Friend, Dr. Sinclair^ put 

 one into a tranfparent Glafs Vial, and kept it fo 

 enclofed, till it had produced thirty, that when 

 Young, were of a whitiili colour. It does not 

 bite like a Mofkito or Gnat, but in the Evening 

 it flies about, and is troublefome to us, by light- 

 ing upon any part of us. iThis nafty Infed: is 

 called a Cock Roach, and as I faid flinks 5 be- 

 ing above an inch long. 



16. Our Sprats there are covered with Scales, 

 and are a fort of Fifli, defervedly admired by 

 every body. They are of two forts, viz. Black 

 Bills, and Yellow" Bills. The Black Bills, (fo 

 termed, from the Colour of their Mouth) are in ' 

 my opinion, very fine eating. But the Yellow 

 Bills (fo called from a yellov.^i(h Stroak near their 

 Gills) are of a poifonous Nature, and of courfe 

 very feldom, if ever, eaten by White Perfons. 

 That is to fay, they make a Man both puke and 

 purge. They are generally taken near the Wind- 

 ward Side, where it is fuppofed, they meet with 

 Veins of Coperas, or fome other unw'holefome 

 Food. 



17. There are feven or eight kinds of Turtle, 

 alias Tortoife, though but one of them eatable, 

 which is called Green Turtle, becaufe its fat is of 



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