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Indians^ that they difcover their haunts by it. 

 They are very good Meat, but their Bones make 

 the Dogs run mad, and are therefore hid from 

 them by the Indians. They have abundance of 

 Parrots^ for fize and Ihape much hke thofe of 

 Jamaica, they are very good Meat. Their Pa- 

 rakites are moft of them green, and go in large 

 ilights by themfelves. They have Macaw Birds 

 which are as big again as Parrots, and refemble 

 them in fliape. They have a Bill like a Hawk-^ 

 and a bufhy Tail with two or three long ftrag- 

 gling Feathers, either red or blue ; but thofe of 

 the Body are of a lovely blue,green,and red. The 

 Indians tame thofe Birds, and teach them to 

 fpeak ; and then letting them go into the Woods 

 amongfl: the wild ones, they will return of . 

 their own accord to the Houfes. They exa£l- 

 ly imitate the Voices and finging of the Indians^ 

 and call the Chicaly in its own Note. It is one 

 of the pleafanteft Birds in the World, and iis 

 flefh fweet and well tafted. They have alfo 

 Woodpeckers which are pied like our Magpies, 

 and have long Claws that they climb up Trees 

 with ; they are not pleafant to eat. They have 

 plenty of Dunghil-foul refembling thofe oi Eu- 

 rope^ and their Flefh and Eggs as well tafted as 

 ours. About the Sambaloes they have great ftorc 

 of Sea-foul, and particularly Pelicans which ar« 

 large Birds, having Legs and Feet like a Goole, 

 and a Neck like a Swan, the Feathers are grey. 

 It has a Bag under its throat, which when fllPd, 

 is as large as a man's two fifts ; and when dr7, 



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