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informed, that a bull and cow from, I believe the Tanjore coun-
try, have been imported into England, the height of the firft
not exceeding nineteen inches, and of the laft not eighteen.

Being on the fubject of animals, I mall mention a fpecies of Sheep.
the next genus, the fheep. That called Cabrito by the Por-
tuguefe, is a very long legged kind, and of a very difgufting
appearance. At Goa it is fometimes faddled and bricHed, and
ferves inftead of aponey, and will carry a child of twelve years
of age.

, About Bombay is found the fquirrel, Hifi. Quadr. ii. N° 336,
known by the name of the place; it is very large, and of a pur-
ple color.

I must now digrefs to a very different clafs. The tribe of Serpents.
fnakes is very numerous in India. I think their great hiftorio-
grapher, M. de la Cepede* enumerates forty-four fpecies already
known. I mall only mention the moft curious : 1 am uncertain
whether they are quite local. Mr. Ives fpeaks of fome found in
this ifland or neighborhood ; the Cobra Capello I mall defcribe
fome time hence. Mr, Ives relates, that the Cobra Manilla is
only a foot long, of a bluifh color, haunting old walls. Its bite
is as fatal as that of the Cobra Capello, which kills in the fpace
of a quarter of an hour. The Cobra de Aurellia is only fix in-
ches long, and not thicker than the quill of a crow; it is apt
to creep into the ear, and occafion death by madnefs. The fand
fnake is fmall, but not lefs fatal than the others. The Palmira*
with a viperine head, and varied body, is four feet long, yet
in no part thicker than a fwan's quill.

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