The Natural Hijlory 



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An Additional Account of feveral Beafts, 

 Birds, Fifties, Reptiles, &c. and f articular- 

 ly many Trees, Shrubs, and Herbs, with 

 ~ their Names, Ufe, Vertues, &c. as has 

 been obferv'd in thofe Parts. Communicated 

 by a Member of the Royal Society, 



CHAP. I. 

 Of the B easts. 



i. ? I A HE great Armadillo. Thele live chiefly 

 A under Ground in watry Places ; they eat 

 Rabbi ts, dead Birds , &c. , 



2. The lefler Armadillo. This is excellent Meat. 



3. Round-headed Armadillo.. This differs from 

 the two laft, in having but four Lifts round his Bo- 

 dy, the others have as many more. 



4. Great Ant-Bear. His Food is Pifmires, which 

 he fucks in with a long Chameleon-like Tongue. 



5. Small Ant-Bear. About the Bignefs of a Ra- 

 coon, he deeps all Day, with his Head between his 

 Fore-Legs : His Flelh fmells like a Fox. 



6. The Musk-Boar. He has Ihort Ears, and no 

 Tail, eats like our Hogs 9 but is not fo fat. 



7. The Bofchratte. A long (lender Animal with 

 a Woolf-like Head, its Hair fliines, is white tipt 

 with black ; they live on Fowl. 



8. Wild-Cats. Here are of them of divers Colours ; 

 they live on Fowl which they greedily devour, af- 

 ter 



