Chap. XVIII. a M EX^IC A. & 



Golden colour, the Sides of an Emerauld green, the Bill and Legs black like po- 

 liftfd Ebony, the Eyes glittering like Diamonds, on the Head a curious green tuft 

 qf Feathers : the Cocks far exceed the Hens in beauty - they flie fwifter than any 

 Bird whatfoever, and the fluttering of their Wings makes a noife like a Whirl- 

 wind : they live upon the Juice of Flowers, and efpecially of Cotton-Flowers- 

 they fmell like Amber, and build their Neds amongft the thick Leaves of a little 

 Bough, where they cannot eafily be found . the Neft it felf open towards the South, 

 is curioufly made of the fine Fibres of the Plant P/re, furrounded with pieces of 

 Bark, and within fill'd with Cotton, douny Feathers, and Silk 5 the Eggs oval, arc 

 fomewhat bigger than an ordinary Pearl. 



In the Moneth of May that fort of Crabs call'd Tainted Crabs (for fome have **m*W 

 Violet-colour'd Shells,others yellow,full of purple Specks, and others tawny, with 

 red Streaks) come creeping down the Hills in good order, eat up all the Herbs and 

 Plants, and go four times one after another into the Water to wafli themfelvcs, 

 which done they return to the Woods . but the Females at a fct-time betake them- 

 felves to the Sea, in which they Lay their Eggs, which afterwards being call; on the 

 fandy Shore, and warm'd by the Beams of the Sun, produce young Crabs in a 

 fliort time, which no fooner come out of the Shell, but creep towards the Woods, 

 when grown fomewhat bigger they climb up the Rocks, where the old ones keep 

 in vaft multitudes, and flop up the Entrance of their Holes in fuch a manner, that 

 they cannot be found put, whileft they caft off their Shell, creeping out backward 

 through an opening at the Tail fcarce difcernable ; thus for a certain time they lie 

 bare, and ftript of their Shells, being onely cover'd with a thin Skin, which grow* 

 ing harder and harder, becomes at laft a firm Shell like the former. 



Thefe Crabs are a wholfom Meat, unlefs they feed under the MancheneeUTxccs, 

 which commonly are poyfonous. 



Sect. III. 



Las Virgines. 



NEar Sombrero, at eighteen Degrees, lie alfo the two Ifles Las Virniits* fur* Situation •* 

 ill I i n LasVirgiutt. 



rounded by ten others (and flat Shelves), without Trees or frefli Water 5 

 but the Sea thereabouts abounds with Fifh, and chiefly with the Terroket, 

 which hath Scales like a Carp, but greenifii j the Eyes furrounded with Silver Cir- 

 cles fhine very bright; in ftead of Teeth they have ftrong Jaw-bones, wherewith 

 they Grind all manner of Shell-ftfh, which are their Prey. Thefe Fifli have an ex* 

 cellent RelliGr, and weigh generally twenty Pound. 



Here is likewife great plenty of the Dorade, which is a very large Fifli, and about ™' n,hr-5 

 five Foot long, full of little Scales, with a prickly Back, two Fins at the parting of 

 the Head, and as many under the Belly. This Fifh fwimming very fwift, often- 

 times follows the Ships that Sail that way. 



Sect. IV. 



Anguilla. 



s 



Outhward at eighteen Degrees and twenty Minutes, on this fide of the Line, Jjj^ 

 appears AnguiUa, inhabited by the EngUpi y containing ten Leagues in length ; 

 It makes a pleafant Profpeft, becaufe, of the many Jumpa-Ttccs which grow 



upon 



ion of 



