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informed, that a bull and cow from, I believe the Tanjore conn- 

 try, have been imported into England^ the height of the firft 

 not exceeding nineteen inches, and of the lail: not eighteen. 



Being on the fubje6l of animals, I ihall mention a fpecies of Sheep. 

 the next genus, the flieep. That called Cabrito by the Por- 

 tuguefe, is a very long legged kind, and of a very difgvifting 

 appearance. At Goa it is fometimes faddled and bridled, and 

 ferves inftead of a poney, and will carry a child of twelve years 

 of age. 



About Bombay is found the fquirrel, Hl/2. ^adr. ii. N° 336, 

 known by the name of the place; it is very large, and of a pur- 

 ple color. 



I MUST now digrefs to a very different clafs. The tribe of Serpents. 

 fnakes is very numerous in India. I think their great hiftorio- 

 grapher, M. de la Cepede, enumerates forty-four fpecies already 

 known. I fhall only mention the moft curious : 1 am uncertain 

 whether they are quite local. Mr. Ives fpeaks of fome found in 

 this ifland or neighborhood ; the Cobra Capello I fliall defcribe 

 fome time hence. Mr. I'ces relates, that the Cobra Manilla is 

 only a foot long, of a bluiQi color, haunting old walls. Its bite 

 is as fatal as that of the Cobra Capello, which kills in the fpace 

 of a quarter of an hour. The Cobra de Aurellia is only fix in- 

 ches long, and not thicker than the qviill of a crow ; it is apt 

 to creep into the ear, and occafion death by madnefs. The fand 

 fnake is fmall, but not lefs fatal than the others. The Palmira^ 

 ■with a viperine head, and varied body, is four feet long, yet 

 in no part thicker than a fwan's quill. 



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