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hair. This animal is particularly dif~ 

 tinguHhed by his tufks, which are four 

 in number, rifing out of the mouth, a 

 eonliderable height from the lower jaw, 

 being in fize equal to an ox's horn, and 

 extremely white. The fkin is an inch 

 in thicknefs, and, except on the head, 

 almoft: impenetrable to a mufquet-ball. 

 Thefe animals are of great fize, fre- 

 quently weighing between two and three 

 thoufand weight, at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, though they do not exceed twelve 

 hundred at Efequebo, if I am rightly 

 informed, for I have never had an op- 

 portunity of feeing any one. The flefh 

 is greatly efleemed. 



The Laubba,, as it is termed both by 

 the Natives and Europeans, is an am- 

 phibious animal, peculiar to Guiana, 

 and of which no defcription has been, 

 ever tranfmitted to Europe, The body 

 of this animal is round, fhort, and thick, 



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