THE TERNATE BAT. 



They fly by day. While eating, they make a great noife. Their fmell is 

 rank; and they bite fiercely when taken. 



Linnaeus has given the name of Yampyre (an imaginary blood-thirfly 

 monfter) to this fpecies, from its propenfity to fuck blood from perfons in 

 their fleep; which, from its fize, it is able to efFecl: to an alarming degree. 

 It inferts the point of its tongue into a vein, and drains the blood till it is 

 fatiated, fanning the air all the time with its wings, which occalions an 

 agreeable fenfation in thofe hot climates, and prolongs fleep. Perfons lying 

 with their feet uncovered are often thus blooded, till they are near pafling 

 into the fleep of death. Cattle are likewife attacked by thefe animals, and 

 are faid to be frequently deftroyed by them. It is conjectured, from the 

 uncouth appearance and difgulling qualities of the large Bats, that they have 

 given rife to the ancient fables of Harpies. i> 



FINIS. 



