s'ld TRAVELS in 
In a very little tloie, by the affiftance of 
Klaas., who v/as become very intelligent and 
Ikilful in procuring fpecimens for my collec- 
tion, I obtained every ipecies of bu-d I could 
defire. But we particularly declared war againft 
the paroquets I have juft defcrlbed, becaufe 
they were good food, and ferved to fupply our 
table. Being always in great numbers on one 
bufh, I could eafily kill feveral at a (hot ; but it 
was difEcuIt to get them out of the middle of the 
bufh, from the thorns fcratching and. tearing 
my hands ; and this Inevitable inconvenience 
was even fo painful as often to deter me. 
The fhrub of Vsrhich I fpeak has Its thorns 
placed alternately at every knot: one pointing 
upwards, long, fharp, and ftraight ; the other 
downwards, equally dangerous, and curved like 
the talon of a bird of prey. The Nimiqiias 
call this plant caroop ; I named It the traitrefs^ 
becaufe as you thruft your hand into the bufh^ 
the ftraiglit thorn pricks you, and as you drav/ 
it back, the crooked one catches hold of the 
fiefli and tears It. 
Notwithftanding this fingularity, no natu- 
ralift hitherto, at leaft none that I know, has^ 
fpoken of it : not even Paterfon, though he 
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