of the Ifthmus of America. 95 



one's eating of thefe, for their Flefh is 

 thought to be too courfe and rank. 



There are a great many Sea-Gulls alfo and sea-Guiis 

 Sea-Pies, on that Coaft h both of themj^f*"' 

 much like ours, but rather frnaller. The 

 Flefti of both thefe is eaten commonly e- 

 nough, and 'tis tolerable good Meat, but of 

 a Filhy tafte, as Sea-fowl ufually are. Yet 

 to correct this tafte, when we kill'd any Sea- 

 Gulls, Sea-Pies, Boobies, or the like, on any 

 Shore, we us'd to make a Hole in the Hot 

 ' Sand, and there bury them for eight or ten 

 Hours, with their Feathers on, and Guts 

 in them : And upon deeding them after- 

 wards, we found the Flefh tender, and the 

 Tafte not lb rank nor filhy. 



There are Bats, on the Ifih WHS, the Bats 

 Bodies of which are as large as Pigeons, 

 and their Wings extended to a proportion- 

 able length and breadth $ with Claws at 

 the Joints of the Wings, by which they 

 cling to any thing. They much haunt old 

 Houfes and deferced Plantations. 



Of " Flying Infeds, befide the Mpskito s F i y ; riF ^ 

 or Gnats before-mentiond, there are up 'teas.* 

 and down the Ifthmm Wafps and Beetles, 

 and Flies of feveral kinds : particularly the 

 Shining Fly, which fames in the Night shining 

 like a Glow-worm 3 and where there are ffy 

 man? of them in a Thicket, they appear 

 in the Might like fo many Spark* of Fire, 



They 



