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Since part of this Difcourfe was Printed off, I have met 
with a PalTage in a Treatife of the Bucaniers of Ameri» 
ca, wrote firft in Dutch by John Equetneling, and fince 
tranflated into Evglifh (^yy)* which I can't but take Notice 
of; And if true, (as the Author afTures us, that be! 
has feen it often) 'tis an Inftance of a Quadrupede^ w hich 
I knew not of before, that receives ix^Toung into its BeSy. 
But 'tis not a Land, but Water Animal ; or ic may be ra- 
ther, one Amphihicus, between both. 'Tis a fort of 
Crocodile^ which he calls a Cayman ; his Words are thefe, 
which I therefore repeat, that by farther Obfervacion, 
if true, it might be confirmed ; as alfo, it might be 
more particularly fpecified, whether their Entrance into 
t\\z Belly ^ was by xht Mouthy or any other Part. " Ma- 
ny times (faith he) their Eggs (for *tis an Animal Ovi- 
parous) are deftroyed by Birds, that find them out, as 
" they fcrapeamongrt the Sands : Hereupon the Females 
of the Caymans, at fuch times as they fear the coming 
of any Flocks of Birds» do oft-times, by Night, fwallow 
" thefe their Eggs, and keep them in their Stomach till 
" the Danger is over. And from time to time, they bu- 
ry them again in the Sand, as I have told you, bring- 
ing them forth again out of their Belly, till the Seafon 
is come, of being excluded the Shell. At this time, 
** if the Mother be nigh at hand, they run unto her, 
and play w^ith her,as little Whelps would do with their 
•*Dams, fporting themlelves according to their own 
" Cuftom. In this fort of Sport, they will often times 
run in and out of their Mothers Belly ^ even as Rabits 
" into their Holes. This I have feen them do many times, 
" as I have fpyed them at play with their Dam, over the 
"Water, upon the contrary Banks of fome River: ac 
which time I have often difturbed their Sport,by throw- 
ing a Stone that way,caufing them on a fudden to creep 
into the Mother's Bowels, for fear of fome eminent 
Danger. The 
