NARRATIVE OF AN 



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vantage, for my Englifh horfe paffing him with the ra- 

 pidity of a cannon-fliot, his galloway fprung, rider and 

 all, through a hedge of thick limes, and left poor Mr. 

 Van de Velde, not like Dodtor Slop^ in the dirt,, but like 

 Abfalom, hanging among the branches. 



The horfes in Surinam are little better or larger than 

 affes (except thofe which are brought from North Ame- 

 rica or Holland,- the latter of which are generally em- 

 ployed for carriages) yet they are ufeful in the fugar- 

 mills, where a number of mules are alfo employed.. 

 Thefe laft are brought over from Barbary, and fometimes 

 fold as high as fifty guineas* None of thefe animals are 

 indigenous to Guiana ; but, as many other animals have 

 been imported, and become the inhabitants of the cE- 

 mate, to fave unneceflary repetition I here give the fol- 

 lowing lift of fuch quadrupeds as are not natives of 

 the new continent s 



The Elephant,. 



Hipopotamus, 



The Rhinoceros^ 



Cameleopard,. 



Camel, 



Dromedai'y, 



Lion,. 



Tiger, 



Panther, 



Sheep, Wild Goat, 



Hog, Rabbit, 

 Goat, Small Guinea Stag, 



Dog, Ferret, 

 Badger, Rat, 

 Sable, Moufe, 

 Stoat or Ermine, Fat Squirrel, 

 Hyaena, Garden Squirrel^. 



Jackall, Marmot, 



Horfe,, 



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