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cattle, buffalos, fheep, goat's, a*d hogs. The horfes are 
fmall, never exceeding in lize what we call a flout galloway, 
but they are nimble and fpirited, and are reported to have been 
found here when the Europeans firfl came round the Cape of 
Good Hope. The horned cattle are faid to be the fame fpe- 
cies as thofe in Europe, but they differ fo much in appearance, 
that we were inclined to doubt it : they have indeed the pa- 
learia or denvlap, which naturalifts make the diflingui firing 
charafteriftic of the European fpecies, but they certainly are 
found wild, not only in Java but feveral of the eaftern ifiands. 
The flefli of thofe that we eat at Batavia, had a finer grain than 
European beef, but it was lefs juicy, and miferably lean. 
Buffaloes are plenty, but the Dutch never eat them, nor will 
they drink their milk, being prepoffeffed with a notion that 
both are unwholefome, and tend to produce fevers ; though 
the natives and Chinefe feat both, without any injury to their 
health. The fheep are of the kind which have long ears that 
hang down, and hair inftead of wool : the flelh of thefe is 
hard and tough, and in every refpect the worft mutton we ever 
faw : we found here, however, a few Cape fheep, which are 
excellent, but fo dear that we gave five and forty Hulling a 
piece for four of them, the heavieft of which weighed only five 
and forty pounds. The goats are not better than the fheep, 
but the hogs, efpecially the Chinefe breed, are incomparable, 
and fo far, that the purchafer agrees for the lean feperatelv. 
The butcher, who is always a Chinefe, without the leaft 
fcrunle cuts off as much of the fa. as he is defired, and after- 
wards fells it to his countrymen, who melt it down, and eat 
it in Head of butter with their rice : but notwithflanding the 
excellence of this pork, the Dutch are fo flrongly prejudiced 
in favour of everv thing that comes from their native country', 
that they eat only of the Dutch breed, which are here fold as 
much dearer than the Chinefe, as the Chinefe are fold dearer 
than the Dutch in Europe. 
Befides thefe animals, which are tame, they have dogs and 
cats, and there are among the difiant mountains fome wild 
horfes and cattle : buffalos are not found wild in any part of 
Java, though they abound in Maccaffar, and feveral other 
eaftern ifland. The neighbourhood of Batavia, however, is 
plentifully fupplied with two kinds of deer, and wil’d hogs, 
which are fold at a reafonable price by the Portuguefe, who 
fnoot them, and are very good food. 
Among the mountains, and in the defart parts of the ifland, 
there are ,tygers, it is faid, in great abundance, and fome 
rhinocerofes ; in thefe parts alfo there are monkies, and there 
area few of them even in the neighbourhood cf Batavia. 
Of fifh, here is an amazing plenty ; many forts are excel- 
lent, and ail arc very cheap, except the few that are fcarce. 
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