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own impofing : Neverthelefs they have no difWn&ion of 
Weeks, of Months, or of Years, any other wife than by 
their Rainy Seafons (of which afterward y) for if you ask 
a Hottentot how Old he is, he anfwers, fo many Rains. 
They watch the Elephants where they ufe. to Water, 
whom they (hoot in the Eye, where only they can 
wound ’em. 
This Country produces Lyons, Tygers, Elephants, 
Rhinocerots.Elks.f whofe Hoots here are faidnoe to have 
that Virtue afcrib d to ’em in Northern Climates,) Leo- 
pards, Wild Affes, of which one fort is finely ftreak’d 
with White and dark Brown ; feveral forts of Beautiful 
Wild Goats, J ickals. Baboons, Monkeys, Deer, large 
Cows, and large Sheep without Horns, with Hair like a 
Goat, inftead of Wool, and with large Tails, but not fin 
as much as 1 have feen) fo large as fome report ’em, 
viz. of 25/. weight, f the Flefh however of both which 
is very good ) fmall Horfes, &c. Oftriches, Pellicans, 
Hawks, Magpies, Wild Peacocks, Cranes, Guiney Hens, 
Pengwins, Flemingo’s, Rock- Ducks, Partridges, Pheafants, 
Geefe, common Hens, Turkeys, and Ducks, &c. Here 
are likewife Manatees or Sea Cows, they are low, very 
thick and ill fhap’d, have very fhort Feet, and yet are 
very fwift, have no Hair but what grows abour their No- 
ftrils, have large Teeth, but are no Enemy to Man 5 they 
are noteafily wounded, live much in Rivers, and are ve- 
ry fhy. Here are Serpents of various kinds, with which 
however they are not much intefted. Their Soil produces 
mod forts of Fruits and Plants that grow with us, as 
Grapes of feveral kinds, Apples, Quinces, Oaves, Oran- 
ges, Apricots, Cherries, Aloes of a great many kinds, 
but none (that I faw) of the right fort, fuch as Socotra 
produces, Pom pious in abundance. Cabbages, &■:. Corn, 
as Wheat, Barley, &c. of Dutch Cultivation. Here are 
likewife Lizards, Salamanders and Porcupines. This place 
is 
