Gap. XI. The Caribby-Iflands. 



thruft into it in a little Cotton 3 fome of thefe are as big as 

 foxes 5 but thofe which are in Tabago are much lefs. 



When thefe creatures are purfu'd, and when they take their 

 reft, which they commonly do in the day time, they clofe to- 

 gether like a bowl, and fo dextroufly get in their feet, head 

 and ears under their hard fcales, that all parts of their body 

 are by that natural armour fecur'd againft all the attempts of 

 both Hunts-men and Dogs 5 and if they are neer fome preci- 

 pice, they roll themfelves down without fear of receiving any 

 hurt thereby. Linfcot relates, that in the Eaft-Indies, in the 

 river of Goa 0 theue was a Sea-monfter taken which was cover'd 

 all over with fcales as hard as any Iron, and when it was touch'd 

 it clos'd together, as it were into a ball. 



AGOVTT. 



THe Agouty is of a dark colour inclining to black, having 

 a rough, light hair, and a little tail without any hair 1 

 it hath two teeth in the upper jaw, and as many in the neather 1 

 It holds its meat in the two fore-pawes, like a Squirrel : the 

 cry of it is, as if it diftindlly prpnounc'd tliQ word Coiijie. "Tis 

 hunted with Dogs, and its flefti , though tafting fomewhat 

 rank, is by many preferr'd before that of Conies : When it is 

 hunted it gets into hollow Trees, out of which it is fore d by 

 fmoak made, after it hath cry'd ftrangely : if it be taken young, 

 it is eafily tamed, and when he is angred the hair on his back 

 ftands up, and he ftrikes the ground with his hind-feet, as Co- 

 nies do : He is much about the fame bignefs, but his ears are 

 fhort and round, and his teeth as Iharp as a Rafour. 



MVSK-RAT. 



THe Musf^Rats have commonly their abode in Holes, or 

 Berries in the ground, like Conies, and they are much 

 about their bignefs j but as to their figure it differs not from 

 that of the great Rats which are to be feen elfewhere, fave 

 that molt of them have the hair of their belly white, like Dor- 

 mice, and that of the reft of their bodies black or tawny : 

 there comes from them a fcent fweet as Musk, which caufes a 

 certain dejection 01 fpirit, and makes fuch a ftrong perfume 

 about their holes, that it is very eafie to find them out. 



The Continent of America hath many kinds of four-footed 

 Beafts, which are not to be found in any of the Iflands, 



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