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i-8. Lepus Javenjts. The Java Hare. 
It is about the Size of an ordinary Hare ; the Head 
• fmall, in proportion to the Body; the Eyes large 
.and prominent j the Ears like thofe of a Rat; except 
which, the Head partook of a Likenefs both of a 
•Deer and a Hare ; the hind Part of the Body re- 
markably big. 
kicus , Citri folio , frudlu farvo pur pur eo. This 
is one of thofe kind of Trees mention'd by Q. Cur * 
this, lib . ix. c. i. 
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*9* V tp era marina. The Viper-Mouth. 
This Fifh was i8 Inches long :.But as Fifh are not 
(as Quadrupeds) of a determinated Size, fo theft are 
Paid fometimes to grow to a vaft Bignefs. The Mouth 
was exceilive wide : Both Jaws were armed with 
fharp deftru&ive Teeth ; particularly two in each 
Jaw were much longer than the reft fo that they 
could not be admitted within the Mouth. Mod of 
thefe long Teeth had an angular bending towards 
their Ends in a very lingular manner. It was with- 
out Scales, mark d all over with hexagonal Divifions. 
This Fifh was of the odd eft Structure, and moft for- 
midable Appearance, of any the Author ever law. 
It came from Gibraltar , and was taken in the Har- 
bour there, and is now in Sir Hans Sloanes Mu - 
feum. 
CataphraEius Americanus. The Armour-Fifh. 
This Fifh was fomewhat lefs than a Foot in Length, 
and four Inches broad ; a fmall Part of the Belly 
was cartilaginous ; except which the whole Fifh was 
cover d with hard thick Bone, but in a different 
manner; viz, the Head and fore Part of the Fifh 
was 
