fatal, by being imprudently eaten as ſoon as they were caught.
The land crabs are particularly deſtructive to ſugar plantations, when they are numerous, as they are on ſome eſtates near the ſea; eating off the buds of the newly planted canes, of which they are very fond; as they are alſo of the Indian corn juſt ſprouted, of which they devour both blade and root. For this there is no remedy, but immediately replanting, and catching as many of them as you can; for to attempt to ſtop up their holes, which are numerous, as thoſe of the mole; or to poiſon them, would be vain.
There are no quadrupeds, natives of Dominica, except the Indian coney, which is nearly the ſize of a rabbit when full grown. This animal is very ſingular; its head, ears, eyes, noſe, mouth, and teeth, being exactly like thoſe of a rat; and its body and legs like
