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that dancing enters into dl forts of tranfa6tions 

 with thefe nations ; they have religious, phyfical^ 

 merry, ceremonious, warlike, pacific, nuptial^ 

 funeral, playful, hunting, and lewd dances • 

 the lad is abolifhed fince our arrival in America^ 



The dance of impudicity was performed pri- 

 vately and in night-time, by the light of a great 

 lire. All that entered into the lafcivious affem- 



bly. 



21. Teals. I fuppofe the author means by teals the 

 lelTer kinds of ducks, as the harlequin, pied, brown, white- 

 faced, blue-v/ing, k^c. and common teal. 



22. Divers are of four kinds in North America. Vid. 

 Torfier*s Cat. N. Jmer, 1 6. 



23. Snipes. There are likewife feveral birds of th*s 

 kind in North America ; fo that without a more detailed de- 

 nomination, it is impoffible to determine the fpecics. 



24. Water-hen Si Of this kind is the Ralius Caroll-. 

 nenfis, Linn, the Carolina rail, and the comm.on water- 

 hen, or Fulicachloropus, Z,/;;». in N. Amer. 



25. Golden plovers. Charadrius apricarlus, Linn. 

 Ednv. 140. 



26. Stares. Sturnus Ludovicianus, Linn. Pl.enh 256. 

 hriJf.W. 449. t. 42. f. I. CatA. 13. This bird has mif- 

 takenly appeared in- the books of the modem ornithologifti 



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