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An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies

PART I
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The Birds that tarry up late, and are not yet gone to roost, fly among them and make good Suppers of them.
The People in this Land never feed their Poultry.

But they feed upon these Ants, which by scraping among the leaves and dirt they can never want; and they delight in them above Rice or any thing else.

Besides all these Ants already mentioned, there are divers other distinct sorts of them.
[Bees of several kinds.] But we will proceed to a more beneficial Insect, the Bee.

Of which there be three sorts.

The first are the Meemasses, which are the right English Bees.


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