Chap. XIII. 



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Wild Hogs alfo have been formerly feen to feed in the Woods in great multi- 

 tudes, but the Dogs fince they were brought over hither, have made great havock 

 amongft them. 



The Animals peculiar to this Ifland are i. A little Beaft call'd Hutia4 i not much f^tarfi 

 unlike our Coneys, z. Q em h almoft of the fame form, but a little bigger. 3. Mobui, nitUt 

 A Beaft fomewhat lefs than the Hutias. 4. A Beaft call'd Coxi. 



Likewife amongft other ftrange forts of Creatures here, the Cuyero is very obfer- Th«Fi y e«/-; 

 vable, being about an Inch big, and having four Wings, of which two are larger '"' 

 than the other : when they flie they fliine after fuch a manner, that in the Night 

 they make a Room as light as day, infomuch that fome have made ufe of them in 

 ftead of Candles to Read by. 



No lefs wonderful is the Fifli Manate, whofe ftiape hath been defcrib'd elfe- iheFiih/^ 

 where : It breeds for the moft part in the Sea, yet fometimes fwimming up the * 

 Rivers, comes afhore and eats Grafs. The Cafique Caramatexi kept one in the Lake 

 Guaynato, which was fo tame, that when call'd by the Name Maton, it us'd to come 

 out of the Water,and go dire&ly to the Cafique's Houfe,where being fed, it return'd 

 to the Lake, accompanied with Men and Boys, who with their Singing feem'd to 

 delight the Fifh, which fometimes carried ten Children on its Back over the Water - 

 but at laft a Spaniard ftriking at it with a Pike, it would never come forth again 

 when it efpy'd a Cloth'd Man : It liv'd twenty fix years in the fort-mention'd 

 Lake, till by accident the River Hayboaic over-flowing into the faid Lake, the Fifh 

 return'd to the Sea. 



Befides this great Fifh, here is alfo a fort of fmall Fifh, call'd Ahacatuaia, with a tfcRfb^ 

 little Mouth, black Eyes encompafs'd with Silver-colour'd Circles, four black Fins, 

 two long ones under its Belly, one on the Back, and 6neon each fide of the Head, 

 the Tail (lit and cover'd with a glittering Skin : It is as big as a Flounder, and not 

 ill Meat, but thick and round. 



When the Spaniards fiift fetled on Hifpaniola, they were exceedingly tormented Thc Inftf *' 

 With a tort ot leaping Infers call'd Kigua, which us'd to eat through their Skin into 



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