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in earthen veflels of an excellent qualit7, 

 which they nianufa6:ure with great ingc- 

 jQuity, and which they call panelks^ or they 

 broil it Mpon the coals. 



They catch with much dexterity a great 

 number of birds unknown in Europe, which 

 are as much fought after by naturalifts, on 

 account of the beauty of their plumage, as 

 ihey are efteemed by travellers, on account 

 of their exquifite tafte. 



The pheafant, the partridge, the quail, 

 |:he pintado, or Guinea fowl, the wild duck, X 

 teals of five or fix different kinds, the black 

 paroquet, the fpoon-blll, the turtle dove, 

 the black-bird, the green wood-pigeon, pi- 

 geons and paroquets of various colours, to- 

 • gether with a kind of bat of a monftrous 

 fize, afford excellent and delicate nourifii- 

 ment to the Europeans. It was not without 

 p. confiderablc degree of reluctance, that I 

 f ril ate tl^e bats of Madagafcar, dreffed after 



the 



