TIMBER BEETLE. 
285 
delicacy in the West Indies, that we are assured 
negroes are there kept by some persons merely for 
the purpose of collecting this dainty, which they 
find buried in particular trees, from whence they 
scoop them out. However inviting they may be 
to the taste, there is nothing prepossessing in their 
appearance ; since their soft smooth bodies are 
three inches and a half long, and as thick as the 
little finger. 
