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thing that lies in their way, guarding? 

 with their great Claws while they creep 

 with the fmall ones $ and. whatever they 

 lav hold of they pinch verv feverely. 

 The Inhabitants of fomeof thefe lfles, when 



fatten'd they take any of them, put them for three 

 or four Davs mto a P iece of Potato-ground 

 to fatten them j for which they are faid to 

 cat much the better. 



Mluttars. Alligator's and Guanas, which are alfo 

 very good Meat, efpecially the .Tail of 

 the Alligator , I have eaten in feveral 

 Parts of "the WcU-lmlies $ but I don't re- 

 . member my feeing either of them in the 



, : uams. jj}j J; . /u ^ Guano is all over very 



good Mea t, preferred to a Pullet or Chicken, 

 either for the Meat or Broth. Their Eggs 

 alfo are very good 3 but thofe of the 

 Alligator have too much of a musky 

 Flavour, and fometimes fmell very ftrong 

 of it. There are up and down the 

 n dxds. Jflhmus a great many Lizards, green, and 

 red-fpeckled 5 but thofe in the Swam- 

 py Land and Thickets look more black 

 or rufty. They are none of them large, 

 generally lefs than a Span. I never faw the 

 Indians eat of them. They are pretty In- 

 noc rit familiar Creatures, and the Indians 

 fuher them to creep up and down their 

 Hcufes. : / 



They have Frogs and Toads, and other 

 fmaller Iiifefts 5 but I ' took no particular 

 Notice of them, ' \ ' * Tfa 



