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Some account of Batavia

[Margin note]  fruit trees
testified by the flourishing condition of the immence quantities of fruit trees all round the town, as well as by the quantity & excellence of their Crops of sugar Cane, Rice, Indian Corn &c. &c. indeed the Whole Island is allowd to be uncommonly fruitfull by those who have seen it, & in general as 'wholesome', excepting only such low fenny spots as the Neighbourhood of Batavia, far fitter to sow Rice upon than to build towns

[Margin note]  Quadrupeds
The Tame quadrupeds are Horses, Cattle, Buffaloes, Sheep, Goats & Hogs. the horses are small, never exceeding in size what we call a stout Gallaway, but nimble and spirited, they are said to have been found here when the Europeans first came round the Cape of Good Hope, the Cattle are said to be the same as those in Europe, but differ from them in appearance so much, that I am much inclind to Doubt, they have however the Palearia, which naturalists

 

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