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very thick and thiftly from the middle, and about two Foot from the Ground 

 grows an exceeding pleafant Fruit, yellow without and within, three fcpare, a 

 Finger long, and hanging oftentimes fixty in a Clufter. 



Vua } a fort of Melons, green without, and within full of white Pulp and black 

 Kernels, and hath apleafant Juice, diflblves to Watcr,if cut in the middle, fweeter 

 than Sugar, and very refrefliing. 



Maniocb, a thick Root of the Plant Manicup, Leav'd like a Fig-Tree 5 being ground 

 to Meal, it ferves in Head of Bread.! 



Befides thefe already mention'd, there are feveral other Plants, the mod ufual 

 arc the great flat Beans call'd Commanda^ouajfon y and the long Peafe Commanda-miry. 



Here are variety of Birds of feveral forts, efpecially of Parrots, which flye in StrangeBird. 

 great Companies, mod beautiful to the Eye, and very docible to fpeak, and alfo 

 good for Food. 



The Partridges Nanbououajfou, in bignefs no way inferior to a Capon, have blue 

 Feathers, and alfo Lay blue Eggs. 



The Ourou, refembling a Partridge, hath a Combe like a Cock, but mix'd with 

 three Colours, v*>> red, black, and white. 



The Bats, nam'd Jndbeura y hwc a mournful Note in the Night,often biting thofe 

 they find afleep,and fuck their Blood fo hard that it can hardly be ftopt. 



The Oftriches here call'd Yandou, being as tall as a midcUe-iiz'd Man, cannot 

 flye, but run as fwift as a Greyhound. 



Their Fowl caird Falian, with long Bills and Cranes Legs, flies very low, but 

 runs fo fwift that a Horfe can fcarce overtake them. 



The Ocean about Maragnan produces abundance of all forts of Fifh,and amongft swng fort* 

 others the <Pyraon, fix Foot long, thicker than a Barrel, and covfcr'd with black 

 Scales of a hand-breadth. 



The Fifli Camouroufouy differs not much from the Pyraon, onely in having fewer 



Scales. . 



The -Ougry, four Foot long, hath a broad Head, and two fiiarp Fins on the Back, 

 which wound terribly. This Fifli alfo fwimming in the River, fmells of Musk 

 whileft it (lays therein. 



The like length hath alfo the Camboury Ouajfou, whofe Hog-like Head, and yel- 

 low fcal'd Tail, makes it feem like a Monftcr. 



The Yauebouyre is a Foot in thicknefs, in length two Fathom, and a Fathom in 

 breadth, and hath a Tail of half a Fathom long, out of the middle of which flicks 

 a fliarp and great Bone, which makes fuch dangerous Wounds, that if any part of 

 a Man's Body be touch'd therewith, it muft be cut off. 



The Narinnary, which is much lefler, wounds with its Sting very dangeroufly. 



The flat Fifli Acaraiou hath the length of a Foot, a green Head, thick Scales, a 

 yellow Back, and white Belly. 



The Jraououa hath a hard Skin, is eight times bigger than the Acaraiou, and hath a 

 three-pointed Sword, with which it kills other Fifli. 



Another fort of Sword*fifli is the Panapans, whofe Sword is a Foot lefs than that 



of the Jraououa. 



The Picamo and Caramourou refemble the Pilchard, and are taken in great abun* 



dance near the- Rocks. 



The Rivers and Brooks on Maragnan are alfo very full of Fifli, amongft which 

 the Pourake, four Foot long, full of green, blue, red and white Specks and Streaks, 

 the Skin fo hard that no Sword can penetrate it ; wherefore it regards not a blow, 

 but if it moves, it caufes fuch a pain on the Arm of him that (hikes, that he falls 

 down on the Ground. Bbb The 



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