. The Natural history of quadrupeds and cetaceous animals [microform] : from the works of the best authors, ancient and modern, embellished with numerous plates, accurately coloured from nature. Mammals; Mammifères. SPECTRE, AND JAVELIN BAT. 83 Tlie smell of these, creatures is stroii«;er, and more rank than that of a fox ; yet the Indians oat tiieni, and declare their flesh to be excellent food. They become excessively fat at certain times of the year, and it is then that they are said to be most delicious. The French who reside in the isJe of Bourbon^ boil them in their bouillon^ to give it
. The Natural history of quadrupeds and cetaceous animals [microform] : from the works of the best authors, ancient and modern, embellished with numerous plates, accurately coloured from nature. Mammals; Mammifères. SPECTRE, AND JAVELIN BAT. 83 Tlie smell of these, creatures is stroii«;er, and more rank than that of a fox ; yet the Indians oat tiieni, and declare their flesh to be excellent food. They become excessively fat at certain times of the year, and it is then that they are said to be most delicious. The French who reside in the isJe of Bourbon^ boil them in their bouillon^ to give it a relish ! ^ In New Caledonia the natives use the hair of these animals in the making of ropes, and in the tassels of their ctubs; interweaving* it with the threads of cypcrus squarrossus. Spectre bat ,, Inhabits South America; like the former ijt lives in the palm trees, and grows very fat; it has a long nose ; large teeth ; long, broad, upright ears; a conic erect membrane at the end of the nose, bending at the end and flexible. The hair on its body is cinereous, and pretty long; the mng& are full of ramified fibres; the mem- brane extends from hind leg to hind leg. From the rump extend three tendons^ which terminate %i the end of the membrane. It is seven inches and a half long; extent two feet two. Javelin ba*^ Has large pointed ears; an erect pieinbrane z% the end of the nose, in form of the head of an an- tient javelin. It inhabits the warm part of Ame- tk' ; Is of the size of the commoa bat^ aqd its. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bungay [England] : Printed and Published by Brightly and Co.
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