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potatoes, &c., but he was also fond of meat, both in 
its cooked and raw state. 
The Kinixis denticulata is undoubtedly a native 
of Africa. Dumeril and Bibron 'give Guadaloupe 
as its habitat, on the authority of Mr. Gray, but the 
present specimen, with two shells of the same 
species was brought in the Saluda, direct from 
Liberia, whither she had been for the purpose of 
conveying emigrants. It was sent to Dr. Blanding 
by the Rev. James Eden, one of the colonists of 
New Georgia, who states that they inhabit, in great 
numbers, the shady banks of the St. Paul and 
Mesurado rivers, and that they die in a short time, if 
exposed to the rays of the hot sun. 
vox., viii. — 1839. 
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