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in the caves of houfes or holes in the walls, and this is not 

 eaten, but accounted unclean for a very whimfical reafon^ 

 they fay it has claws like a falcon, and is a mixture from 

 that bird. The fame fort of imagination is that of 

 the Turks, who fay, that the Turkey, from the tuft of 

 black hair that is upon his breaft, partakes of the nature of 

 the hog. This pigeon's feet are indeed large, but very dif- 

 ferent in formation from that of the falcon. 



There are no geefe in Abyflinia, wild or tame, excepting 

 what is called the Golden Goofe, Goofe of the Nile, or Goofe 

 of the Cape, common in all the South of Africa: thefe 

 build their nefts upon trees, and when not in water, gene- 

 rally fit upon them. 



I have already fpoken of fillies, and have entered very 

 fparingly into their hiftory. Thefe, and other marine pro- 

 ductions of the Arabian Gulf, or even the fmall fhare that I 

 have painted and collected, would occupy many large vo- 

 lumes to exhibit and defcribe, and would colt, in the engra- 

 ving, a much larger fum than I have anyprofpect of ever 

 .being able to afford. 



'NISSER. 



