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fize and figure of a barber's bafon turned upfidc* 

 down, a;.d has a very fharp tail about ten inches 

 long, and they fay it is dangerous to be (lung 

 by it *. 



The higher parts of Lcuifiana contain beavers 

 and others; the Indians fay that thefc beavers 

 have been expelled by their brethren from Cana- 

 da^ becaule they were too lazy to join with 

 them in conilrucling the habitations which thofe 

 animals make in common, and the dikes, to aU 

 ter the bed of rivers, all which they contrive and 

 execute with great art and induftry. 



The Karancro^ a bird of prey, is of the fhape 

 and fize of a turkey f , and the moft voracious 



bird 



* This (hell-fifh is now in the Marquis de Marigny's cabi- 

 net of Natural Curiofities. 



This rare animal is nothing elfe than the king's craS, 

 common in the feas all round America and the Weji-Indies ; 

 monoculus Polyphemus, Linn. Thefe animals are employed in 

 New-York to feed pigs with, and the ingenious gentleman, 

 who communicated this remark, adds, fometimes it is eaten 

 even by the two legged pigs. F» 



f Hence it is called Turkey Euxzard by Catefby, Caro!. 

 I. t. 6. — It is the Carricn Vulture, Forller's N. Amer. Ani« 

 mals, p. 8. and Vultur Auray Linn. 



