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 necearies call Cornera de Terra. This creature is about four feet and an half high at the back, and a very tately beat. Thee heep are o tame, that we frequently ued to have one of them, upon whoe back two of the lutiet men would ride at once round the iland, to drive the ret to the fold. His ordinary pace is either an amble or a good hand-gallop; nor does he care for going any other pace, during the time his rider is upon his back. His mouth is like that of a hare; and the hair-lip above opens as well as the main-lips, when he bites the gras, which he does very near. His head is much like an antelope, but they had no horns when we were there; yet we found very large horns, much twited, in the form of a nail-hell, which we uppoed they had hed; there laid many of them cattered upon the andy bays. His ears reemble thoe of an as, his neck mall, and reembling a camelscamel's [sic]. He carries his head bending, and very tately, like a wan; is full cheted like a hore, and has his loins much like a well haped greyhound. His buttocks reemble thoe of a full grown deer, and he has much uch a tail. He is cloven-footed like a heep, but, on the inide of each foot has a large claw, bigger than onesone's [sic] finger, but harp, and reembling thoe of an eagle. Thee claws tand about two inches above the diviion of the hoof; and they erve him in climbing rocks, holding fat, by whatever they bear againt. His fleh eats as like mutton as can be: he bears wool of twelve or fourteen inches long upon the belly; but it is horter on the back, haggy, and a little inclining to a curl. It is an innocent and very erviceable beat, fit for any drudgery. Of thee we killed forty-three; out of the maw of one of which I took thirteen Bezoar tones, of which ome were ragged, and of everal forms; ome long, reembling coral; ome round, and ome oval; but all green when taken out of the maw: yet by long keeping they turned of an ah colour. which they procured. He ays the land is low and flat; but he mut certainly peak only of the Eat ide, or North and South points: If whales are as plentiful in the offing in the fine eaon, as at the time when I was there,