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REMARK S. 



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A N I M A L on 

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fruits : they fkim the water with wonderful eafe, and though ' 

 faw one fwimming, I think this fmgle fa^, gives me no right 



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fw im 



It 



known that they fre 



quent the water, in order 



v/afh themfehxs from any filth 



get rid of vermin which might accidentally ftick to them 



Their 



foiell is fomewhat ofFenfive. 

 for the refl: quite inoffenfive 



When irritated they bite hard, but 

 In Tanna there are, befides thefe '. 



bats, myriads of a minute fpecies-, which we faw and heard, b 



never could obtain for examination. 



At New- Caledonia the na^ 



tives ufe the hair of the great bats in ropes and in the taflel& t9 

 their clubs; and they interweave it among the threads of the grafs 

 {cyperusfquarrofusy) which is made ufe of for that purpofe.. 



The two domeftic quadrupeds 



are the hog 



and the dog. Ths 



Soclety-Illes alone are fortunate enough to poficfs them both : New- 

 Zeelandand the low ilTands mufl: be content with dogs alone; ths 

 Marquefas, Friendly-Ifles,, and New-Hebrides hav-e only hogs-; 



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d Eafter-Ifland and New-Caledon 



hog 



are of th 



breed 



hich 



we 



ire deflitute of both.- Ths 

 call the Chinefe,. having 



a fliort body 



fhor 



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legs, belly hanging down, almoft to th 



ground, the ears ere<5l, and very few thin- h 



G 



body 



meat is the moil juicy, and their fat tlie moft agreeable and' the 

 leafl cloying I ever tailed, which can only be attributed to 



the- 



excellent food, they 



ufed 



fifting 



of the bread 



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fiuli. 



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