iDUumimmsomimiu* 
fclues from the enemies arrobJes, ft? that 
bpreafon offijeljeafe of thefunnethepbe* 
eomefoharbe, that no arroto bull pierce 
them,bettjep neuerfo fiercely bjabwe.2Ehe 
fled) ofttje beaft tailed) mud) like ourbojes 
fleftj ^anb bp tfje Bjaftlians it is rotteb bpon 
dje coales, ano fo kept, fo; ttjat bccaufe djep 
tjaue no fait,thep b jople al thep % meat bpon 
bjrabben girbtrons,anb fo beepe it: in euerp 
btllage pou finbe fuel) girbirons, tohidj of* 
tentimes lie ful of mens flcGj* £>econblp* 
thep bauc a certatnckinbe of Hart, bp them 
callcb Seouafl'ous, pet lelfc then ours, anb 
ipitt) ftjojter hojnes, tuitlj long tiaire Ufee 
goatcsianb toilbe American ^totne, bp 
tljcm callcb Taioflou, to^icljis asbiggeof 
bobpe,cares,heab,anb fete,as ours are, as 
alfo dje like teed), tutjict) are berie bange* 
rous, but becaufc it is leaner anb ranker, 
anb grinneth fearefullp, therefore it is miO 
Ifiapcm Cljis beaft bp nature hath a hole in 
djebacke, asdjefea £>b)ine tjaue in thep j 
ljcabes,b)l)eecat thep receiue anb cattfejtij 
ttjepj b’cadj.SEijerc is liketoile a fine colou* 
rcb beaft,calleb Agouti, tuhidji* abinbof 
Ijart ,b)itlj clouen fete,a fljojte taile, imttj a 
nefe anb cares much like a hare, berp plea* 
fant anb fauo jie oftatte: there are alfo tbuo 
oj djfe binbes of beafts calleb Tapi tis, not 
mudj bnlibe our hares, reb of haire: in the 
inoobs are great rats,of bobp anb haire like 
Ckehojns,in fade not mucl) bnlibe our co* 
nies,Pa£.ojPague,a beaft of the height anb 
greater dje an inbifferent d3rapbounb,lnifl) 
an euil fauojeb heab, a fatrefbtn, fpeckleb 
incite anb blacbe, of taile mucl) like beafe 
2Dfjere is liketoife another beaft callcb Sa« 
ngoy, fohich bccaufe it ft inketh,b HBarbart* 
ans toil not eate,pct it is grab g fauo jp flelh, 
fpcciallp bjjjcn dje fat ofd)ekibnies(b)hcrm 
djedinkeltcdj) is taken atoap. SEtjercarc 
alfo Tatous OJ Artnadil!en,Uil)erofm OtljCr 
places 31 Ijaue fpoben, tuljict) are ofberp 
io^tte,gcDb, anb fauojte fleftj: alfo tljere are 
certaineCrocabtles,k)t)icl) tljep cal Iacare, 
as big as a mans leg, anb inbifferent long, 
notl)urtfull, tljep come into tljeir Ijoufes, 
inhere tlje cpbjenplap toith them toithout 
anp banger, SClje Crocabiles in ttjofe coun* 
tries Ijaue a iniber mouth, Ijiglj fet, p taile 
neither rounb no^arp,but berp tljin at the 
enbftljerare Itkebnfebiuers kinbs of€afts 
fpecblcb like our lit tie ones,? of foure o? fine 
fast long,in djitknes co?refponbent,feareful 
tobefjolb ,but beepein riuers $ mo)?es like 
frogs,boing no hurt,tljep cal tljem T ouous: 
being llepeb % fobbf,ttjep furpaffe al meates 
foj taile ? grobnes,tljeir flelh being as Uiljite 
as a capons flety,ftoeet,ftjoft,f ercelle f g<ob, 
2Dljep tjaue great toabes,b)ljic|) the Toupi^ 
The 2 Booke- 
nambaidtii eatetotjole being rofteb, fo tljat 
thep are not popfon like our toabes,tljcp eat 
liketoife fnabes of tlje bignelfe of a mans; 
arme,ffiuefete long, but of no great taile, 
djer are alfo manp other fnabes,fpectaUp m 
the riuers,that arc as green as gralfe,long t 
thin, tnhofe fling is berp bangcrous: there 
arealfoinfomemeeres of luoobs, biuers 
great anb bangercus C'afts, I'ohanesLerus 
bj^iteth,that pairing through a tomb,he met 
an CEaft, as btgge as a mans bobpc,$ of fine 
ox ftr fet long, al coucreb Imttj inhite fcalcs 
likcopttertljels* tnhich liffeb bp one other 
fb?efete,anb calling bp her heab, febeb bp* 
onhimtoith flaring epes, breathing at the 
mouth ntoft feareful to betjolbe,anb after he 
anb his eompanie hab llapeb a quarter of 
an hourc to beholb it,it dome bp p fjil bnth 
fuch anoifeouer anb though thctras,that 
not anp l^art running though the Uimb, 
coulb make a greater nopfe. SEhere is pet in 
this countrep another binb of Grange beaft 
caleb hn-ouare,febing onlp bpon the pjap: 
this beaft foj length of legs anb fb)tftncs,is 
like the dErapho«nb,but bnber the chinne it 
hath a bearb o: certain long hatred a fpeeb* 
lebfktn,likealLinr, anb in other parts not 
bnlibe tlje llinr: this beaft is much feareb 
bp the 15 :alilians,fo j that fohaffocuer it fa* 
beth,it tearetjj it in pccccs , anb fptplcth if 
like attion,febingttjerof:thc inbtans take 
this beaft in pits,? fo reuengetfjemfelues, 
thep eaufetjer therin topincto beath,b)her* 
bp tljep bouble tjer paine* ^eerecats are 
there in great abounbancc, thatarefmallf 
blacbe, bp them callcb Cay, anb among the 
reff,one.kinb of speerccat calleb Sagoum,of 
a berie fapae eolourcb haire, as big, anb of 
Ijaire as an Ckehojne, but as touching the 
fojmc of the chaps,bjeaft,anb neebe $ other 
parts,altogittjer like a lion,being one of the 
faireif title beafts in al that counfrp,buf foj 
thetenbernes therof it cannot be bjeughf 
ouer fea, Chere is pet another berp Grange 
beaft,bp the Nubians caleb Hay. as big as a 
bog,U)ith a face like a specrecat,! a hanging 
bcllp like a fob) that hath neb) farrobieb, of 
haire barb b»tjife,al black,b)ith a long taile, 
b)tth rough fet like a bcare, long clatues, 
fofen it licth in p b)fBbs,tt is berp toilb, but 
if thep take i£>it bull be farneb, the nakeb 
Tououpinambaultietspiap not bjftlinglp 
b)ith it,becaufe it hath berie Jharpe dab) es: 
no man (as the gjnbtans fap) bib euer fe 
this beaft b)ilb oj tame, to cafe anp thing, 
but as thep ttjink,tt lined) bp f> aire,b)ijcrof 
31 hauefpobc tn other places. 5 laftlp there is 
pet another Grange beaft calleb Coaty, as 
high as a Hare, bjith Chojt 9 fpecblcb haire, 
final lharpe etes,a heab berp final,? befone 
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