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not come from the veins, or from the arteries, be- 

 cause the wound does not extend so far; but 

 from the capillary vessels of the skin extracted 

 thence without doubt, by those Bats, by the act- 

 ion of sucking or licking." 



Captain Stedmari,) whose veracity has been 

 pledged in the XXII. Volume of the Monthly 

 Review,) appears to have been more severely 

 handled by one of these Bats, than D'Aizzara, for 

 lie says in his account of Surinam, "I cannot here 

 forbear relating a singular circumstance respect- 

 ing myself, namely, that on awaking about four 

 o'clock this morning, in my hammock, I was 

 extremely alarmed at finding myself weltering 

 in congealed blood, and without finding any pain 

 whatever. Having started up and run for a Sur- 

 geon, with a fire brand in my band, and all over 

 besmeared with gore, to which, if added, my 

 pale face, short hair, and tattered apparel, the 

 Surgeon might well have asked the question, 

 * be thou a spirit of heaven, &c/ The mystery 

 however was, that I had been bitten by the Vam- 

 pyre, or Spectre of Guiana, which is called the 

 Flying Dog of New Spain, and by the Spaniards 

 Perrovolador- This is no other but a Bat of 

 monstrous size, that sucks the blood from men 

 and cattle, when they are fast asleep, even some- 

 times till they die ; and as the manner in which 

 they proceed is truly wonderful, I shall endea- 

 vour to give a distinct account, of it. Knowing, 



