Of Capt. Tho. AtJSTl S. 



£lipply'd by Rice, of which they ha4 a great Quan- 

 tity aboard: This was boyPd and Iqueez'd dry, 

 and lb eat with the Turtle* 



There are three or four Sorts of thefe Creatures 

 in the Weft-Indiesy the largeft af which will weigh 

 ^50 or 200 Pound Weight or more, butthofe that 

 were fciund upon this Ifland were of the fmallefl: 

 Kind, weighing 10 or 12 Pounds each, with a 

 natural wrought Shell, and beautifully clouded -, the 

 Meat fweet and tender, fome Part of it eating like 

 Chicken, Ibme like Veal, &c. fo that it was no ex- 

 traordinary Hardlhip for them to live upon this 

 Provifion alone, fince it affords variety of Meats to 

 the Tafte, of it felR The manner of catching 

 this Fifti is very particular ^ you muft underftaad, 

 that in the Months of Mayy June and "July^ they lay 

 their Eggs in order to hatch their Young, and this 

 three times in a Seafbn, which is always in the Sand 

 of the Sea-fhore, each laying 80 or 90 Eggs at a 

 time. The Male accompanies the Female, and come 

 aihore in the Night only, when they mull: he 

 watch'd, without making any Noife, or having a 

 Light ; as fbon as they land, the Men that watch 

 for them, turn them on their Backs, then haul them 

 above high Water Mark, and leave them till next 

 Morning, where they are fure to find them, for they 

 can't turn again, nor move from the Place. It is to 

 be obferv'd, that befides their laying time, they 

 come afliore to feed, but then what's very remarka- 

 ble in thefe Creatures, they always refort to dif- 

 ferent Places to breed, leaving their ufual Haunts 

 for two or three Months, and 'tis thought they eat 

 nothing in all that Seafon. 



They pafs'd their Time here in Dancing, and 

 ther Diverfions, agreeable to thefe fort of Folks; 

 and among the reft, they appointed a Mock Court of 

 Judicature to try one another for Pyracy, and he that 

 was a Criminal one Day was made Judge another, — 



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