 | William Clark Russell - 1889 - 212 pàgines
...reptiles, and the like. There is an amusing quaintness in some of his little pictures, as, for instance : " The Squash is a four-footed Beast, bigger than a Cat...covered with short, fine Yellowish Hair. The flesh is good, sweet, wholesome Meat. We commonly skin and roast it; and then we call it pig; and I think... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1889 - 244 pàgines
...reptiles, and the like. There is an amusing quaintness in some of his little pictures, as, for instance : "The Squash is a four-footed Beast, bigger than a...covered with short, fine Yellowish Hair. The flesh is good, sweet, wholesome Meat. We commonly skin and roast it; and then we call it pig; and I think... | |
 | William Dampier - 1906 - 854 pàgines
...Monkeys, AntBears, Sloths, Armadilloes, Porcupines, Land -turtle, Guanoes, and Lizards of all kinds. The Squash is a four-footed Beast, bigger than a Cat...run up Trees like a Cat. The Skin is covered with SQUASHES— LARGE MONKEYS short fine yellowish Hair. The Flesh of it is good, sweet, AN. wholesome... | |
 | Zoological Society of London - 1885 - 1152 pàgines
...valued, and skins are brought to the market. Dampier in bis ' Voyages' (vol. ii, p. 59) observes : — " The skin is covered with short, fine, yellowish hair. The flesh of it is good, sweet, and wholesome meat. We commonly skin and roast it, and then we call it Pig, and I think it eats as... | |
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The Squash is a four-footed Beast, bigger than a Cat : Its Head is much like a Foxes; with short Ears and a long Nose. It has pretty short Legs and sharp Claws; by which it will run up trees like a Cat. The skin is covered with short, fine Yellowish Hair.... 