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 killed for market, their fleh is tender, fat, and juicy, equalling in flavour that of venifon. What is remarkable of the heep in particular, is, that they retain their wool in this iland much longer than in mot other parts of the Wet Indies, where they hed their fleecy coats very oon after being brought to that climate, which caues them to change into fine long hair, as in goats.

Hogs are in tolerable plenty in the iland, and may be raied in great abundance, the country being very favourable for breeding them, as it affords plenty of proper proviions. Their fleh is very white, firm, and fat, and of a delicious flavour, epecially thoe raied on the plantations; but in the towns, where the hogs are uffered to go at large, and fed on any filth that falls in their way, their fleh is not o good. Rabbits