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full of white Specks. Wefterly the Shore is very plain, whither the Governor 

 Monfieur De Howell fent fome People from that Ifland, of which twenty were 

 kill'd by the Caribbeeans, who had Gardens and Fifh-ponds thereon : Not long af* 

 ter which Howell built a Fort here, and Garrifon'd the fame with Frenchmen. 



The Woods afford a delightful fight to the Eye, as alfo the Cinamon/Trees, 

 whofe Leaves never wither, a fweet fmell to the Nofe. 



The Ocean hereabouts produces plenty of Lamantins, which are dry'd like Ha- TheFi/hw, 

 berdinc. This Fifli grows eighteen Foot long and feven thick • the Head thereof is 

 like a Cows, with little Eyes, and a thick brown Skin, rough and fpeckled in fome 

 places, and hath two little Feet in ftead of Fins ; it feeds on Weeds, which grow on 

 the Rocks and Banks • the Females bring two young ones at a time, which fuck for 

 fome days 5 their Flcfh palatable and wholfom, is ftreak'd with Fat, which when 

 melted never putrifies } they are oftner taken in the Mouthes of Rivers than in the 

 Ocean. 



About this Ifle, as well as the reft of the Caribbees, are Fifties call'd Sea-DeVds, ^ s<*.d*~ 



vih, 



four Foot long, and proportionably thick, their Skins rough, their Heads flat, their 

 Backs arm'd with Prickles, little black Eyes, wide Mouthes full of Teeth, and two 

 Tusks that ftick out of the fame, four Fins, a long flit Tail, with which they fwirtt 

 exceeding fwift, above their Eyes ftick broad fliarp Horns turn'd towards the Backj 

 the Flefh is deadly poyfon. 



The Becune y which is eight Foot long, falls upon a FiOi like a mad Dog, biting Thes««#r. 

 great pieces of the Flclh out of the Body, which occafions prefent Death 5 its Flefli 

 is like wife poyfon. 





Sect. XVIII. 



Todos San&os. 



Southward from Guadalupe, and at the fame Latitude with Marigalante, lie four situation of 

 dcfolate Ifles, call'd Todos Santtos, and on their Shores a fort of Shell- fifli call'd 

 Lambis^ from the refemblance of a Tongue ; the Shells whereof the Indians curious &«« 



" f Shell*. 



Sound in ftead of Horns when they give an Alarm $ as alfo another fort call'd Por- ° 

 celenes, of which the moft efteem'd are without of a Carnation, and within of a 

 Silver, or Skye-colour mix'd with Golden Beams. The next are the Black, mix'd 

 with a pale Blue, and little Veins. But the moft remarkable Shells are thofe, whofe 

 Back Nature hath mark'd in fuch a manner with Mufical Notes, that one might 

 almoft exprefs a Tune by them. 



Moreover, it would amaze the Beholder, to fee the Mother-of-Pearl Oyfter mo* M<*h«-<>f- 



T f Pearl Oy- 



ving at the Foot of a Rock ; for at the Riling of the Sun they appear above the Wa- ftc "- 

 ter, and gape for the Dew, of which they have no fooner receiv'd a Drop, but they 

 clofe their Shells, and fall to the Ground again. 



Sect. XIX. 



De Aves. 



WEftward from Todos Sanftos, at fifteen Degrees and forty five Minutes, situation <* 

 lies the Ifle De Ayes. 

 Befides Ducks, Pluvcrs, Moor-hens, Geefe, and the like Fowls 

 (that fuffer themfelves to be catch'd by the Hands of Men, which are very ftrange 



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