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CONTENTS. 
The Pedro Seal. Memoir by Mr. Hill. Habits of a living 
Specimen. Blindness. Peculiarities of Organisation. Mea- 
surements. The Pedro Kays. Mr. Wilkie’s Specimen. Its 
Manners in Freedom. Ease in the Water. Maternal Vigil- 
ance. Power of the Teeth. Their Employment. Mode of 
Progression. Description - - - 307 — 314 
The Yellow Boa. Its Form and Colours. Its Powers of 
Injury. Its Fondness for Bedrooms. Predaceous Habits. 
Fascination. Boldness when irritated. Gigantic Specimen. 
Offensive Fetor. Entwined Heaps. Nest with Eggs. Mode 
of Excavation. Incubation. Young found in the Belly of 
one. Example of viviparous Generation. Ticks. Pupil of 
the Eye. Cuban Serpent. Zebra-Snake - 314 — 324 
The Pard aline Snake. Its Nomenclature. Description. 
Habitat. Size ----- 324 — 325 
The Owl-eaced Bat. Admeasurement and Description. 
Habits in Captivity. Clicking of Bats. Mormoops. Clear- 
winged Bat ----- 326 — 328 
The Alco. Mr. Hill’s Lapdog. Spanish Descriptions of the 
Aboriginal Dog. Mexican Mopsy. Haytian Scenes. A 
- Visit to Yasica. Memorials of the Indians. The “ Painted 
Gardens.” Beautiful Scenery. Cottages and Fruit-trees. 
Permanence of Nature. The Aguara Dog of Surinam. 
Lapdog of Peru. Forest Dog of Guiana. “ Prince.” His 
Habits, Manners, and Instincts. Xibaro of St. Domingo. 
Anecdote ----- 329 — 341 
The Manatee. Its pachydermatous Appearance. Description 
of a living One. Origin of the Name. Excellence of the 
Flesh. Mr. Hill’s Notes of One. A dead Specimen in 
Hayti. Six in confinement. Old anecdote of a tame One. 
A Pair in Black River. Notes by Dr. Robinson 341 — 349 
Cetacea. The Cachalot Whale. Breaching of One. Bay of 
Fort Dauphin. Whale embayed. Assaults of the Sword- 
fish. Early Whale Fishery of St. Domingo. Ambergris. 
Dolphins seen at Passage Fort. Osprey. Young Sharks. 
Their immense abundance. Dolphins in a Lagoon. At 
Ray’s-town. Their linear arrangement - 349 — 357 
