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of my friend DocStor Patrick RtiJJ'el I may add, that one nearly 

 related to my Coriaceous tortoife, Br. Zool. iii. N° i, has been 

 taken of the weight of a thoufand pounds ; from him I alfo 

 learned that the long-tailed fpecies, xXiq Tejludo ferpentinayWd.^ 

 alfo a native of this country. 



Of land fpecies the T'ejludo fcabra^ de la Cepede, tab. x. La 

 Cimgrinee, tab. xi. La RouJJ'atre^ tab. xii. T". Lutaria, tab. iv. 

 T. Graca^ tab. viii. 



Balafore is the tirft place on this fide which lies in tlie great Balasork. 

 province of Bengal-, it Hands in Lat. 21" 32', on a fmall river, 

 and is by land only four, by water twenty miles from the fea. 

 Its diftridl is amazingly fruitful in pulfe, and moll fpecies of 

 edible vegetables, fuch as Do/, Granu Callivancoes., rice, and even 

 wheat, a grain which providentially will grow in both the 

 torrid and ardic regions. The manufactures are very con- 

 liderable in all branches of the cotton. 



This city has alfo a confiderable trade with the Maldive ifles, Trade. 

 which it fupplies with rice and other grain, and receives in. 

 return Coivries, and Kaiar, or coco -nut cables. Pilots are here 

 always ready to carry the fliipping into the Hoogly river during 

 the feafon ; this coaft is extremely dangerous, as is evident by 

 the number of wrecks that cover the fliore. About Balafore^ 

 the tides begin to fnew marks of confinement; the fpring tide 

 rifes ten feet, the neap feven. 



A Squirrel is found here in fome refpedls refembling the Squirrel. 

 Bombay y ]S!''336, nofe pink-colored ; face, fore part of the neck, 

 fore leg?, belly and infide of the thighs yellow ; ears much 



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