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In the tropical iiles they have but four fpeaies of quadrupeds, 

 two of which are domeflic ; and the remaining ones are the vam- 



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e and the common rat. This laft inhabits the Marquefas, 



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Society- Iiles, Friendly-llles, and the New-Hebrides ; it 



found at New-Zeeland -, but whether it may not have been tranf- 

 ported thither by our fliips is uncertain ; at New- Caledonia, how 

 ev6r, it has never been feen. Rats are in incredible numbers, at 

 the Society-liles, and efpecially at O-Taheitee, where they live 

 upon the fcraps of meals, which the natives leave in their huts, up- 

 on the flowers and pods of the erythrina corallodendron", upon plan- 



and other fru 



and for want of thef( 



all forts of 



ments ; nay, they are fometimes fo bold, as to be faid to attack the 

 toes of the inhabitants whilft they are -afleep. They are much 

 fcarcer at the Marquefas and Friendly-lfles, and feldom fQen at 

 the New-Hebrides. ^ 



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The 



vampyre (vefpertiiio vampyrusj which is the largeft known 



fpecies of bat 



only feen 



the more Weftern ifles. At the 



feveral hundreds, and fome 



Friendly-lfles they live gregarious 



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of them are feen flying about the whole day : I found a large cafu 



hung with at leafl: 500 of them 



various 



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fome by the hind and others by the fore-feet. They live chiefly 



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