SETTLEMENTS ON THE DEMERARY, &C. 



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CHAPTER XII. 



SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ANIMALS DEER, CALLED BAJ^ER 



AND WIRREBOCARRA HOGS, CALLED PICAREE AND 



WARREE RABBITS TIGERS ARMADILLO APES 



SLOTH PORCUPINE LAUBBA ALLIGATOR MANATI 



BATS GUANA -ABOMA SMALL SNAKES PIP A 



LOWLOW BARROKETA — PERI QUERIMAN GALVANIC 



EEL SUN BIRD SURINAM FALCON BUTCHER BIRD 



MACKAW ACUSHE FLAMINGO TIGERFOWL 



TOUCAN SPOON-BILL^ POWESE -MARRODEE MOCK 



BIRD — RICE BlRD — KISHEE INSECTS. 



It is my intention now to give a concise account of the ani- 

 mals and vegetables which are most worthy attention among 

 the native productions of these colonies. Several animals 

 have been imported which are not natural to any part of 

 America, as the horse, the ass, the zebra, the bull, the cow, 

 the sheep, and the hog. Some of these afford instances of 

 the power of climate, in altering the natural qualities of ani- 

 mals, when transported from their own to a foreign country. 



The bull and the cow grow here to a greater size than in Eu- 



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