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wings, tail, &c. are placed exa&ly a-* 

 greeable to life. In this pofition they 

 are all placed in an oven, very mode- 

 rately heated, where they are flowly 

 dried, and will ever after retain their 

 natural pofition, without danger of pu- 

 trefadtionr This method might perhaps 

 in England be deemed expenfive, as the 

 great duty on Spirits has raifed their 

 price to an enormous height ; but in a 

 country where Rum is fold for ten pence 

 fterling per gallon, the cafe is far dif- 

 ferent. 



It ought to be remarked, that the 

 Birds in Guiana excel rather in the 

 Beauty of their Plumage than the Har- 

 mony and Sweetnefs of their Notes ; 

 and that the Flefh of Animals, in this 

 and all Tropical Countries, is lefs fuc- 

 culent, or juicy,' than in Europe, on ac- 

 count of their excefiive perfpiration. 



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