TERNATE EAT. 
from tip to tip of the wings, was five feet 
four inches ; and Dampier another, which ex- 
tended farther than he could reach with 
stretched-out arms- Their bodies, are from 
the size of a Pullet to that of a Dove While 
eating, they ,make a great noise. Their smell 
is rank. Their bite, resistance, and fierceness, 
when taken, are very great. They bring but 
one young at a time. The ancients had some 
knowledge of these animals : Herodotus men- 
tions certain winged wild-beasts, like Bats, 
that molested the Arabs, who colle6lcd the 
Cassia, to such a degree, that they were 
obHged to cover their bodies and faces, all but 
their eyes, with skins. It is very probable, as 
M. De Butfon remarks, that it was from such 
relations the Poets formed their fi6lions of 
Harpies." 
Linnaeus gives this species the title of Vam- 
pyre, conje61:uring it to be the kind which 
draws blood from people in their sleep : but 
. De la Nux, who resided fifty years in the 
sle de Bourbon, where they abound, and has 
reatly elucidated their history, compleatly 
quits them of this charge, which Bufi^bii 
thinks 
