Haunch pointers àlfo thè w ild b o à r , whòfe fleih is fo dainty, that Strabo fays, T h e
Qirietes o f Spain, were the beft makers o f faufages and wild meats in the whole
world. Rabbets were fo numerous, th a t they g a v e their name to the whole country.
It has, been, hinted b y A rab ic writers, that even the zebra belonged origina lly
to Spain.(«). T h e y feem to have b e in we ll known in^he d ay s 'd f Cervantes,, who
frequently alluded to their fwiftnefs. T h e Cebrero cheefe has nothing to .fay to
this animal, but takes its name from the v illa g e o f Cebrero where it is made, in
the biffiopric o f A v ila , as a corruption o f the word Mom Ciperius. P e rh a p fth e
fin e -E n glilh fpaniel came o rigin a lly from Spjiin ; what {hall we fay o f the yo u n g
Spartiih puppies, a food once much- efteemed, i f any credit i§,to- be giv en to that
writer, who âfter praifing the moofe deer iff America.adds, “ T h e ir fleih is an admirable
diih beyond that o f an afs’s foal, fò h igh ly eftêemècT b y the Romans, or.
o f young Spartijh.puppies,, fa much cried up in our days in England andlFrance P g P
W ith re fp e it to birds w e ftiall find thé gol'd'ën-.'êâgle,thè v-ulfurei-the (M e , thè
fla^engof, the bee eater, the hoopoe, the btiftard,. the beautiful partridge, the*
b e c ifig o , thêTolitarÿ fparrow, and Others o f!e fs note. A s for in fe r s thè filk worm
affords them, immenfe revenues, the bee yields ex ce llen t hone y ; the inféOt frpm.
whence they g e t the kermes -has been treated of, and the Cantharfdes, or Spani-ih
flies, are well known in our lhops/* Mofchettoes and flie s ,.it is true,.are very trou<
blefome in the day-time,, particularly in. the foutthern provinces j , but to m a k e
amends, the nights-are rev iv ing,, the ftars filine with, infinite brightnefs over your
head, while numberleis g low worms gliften undef*your feet.. I f ySu Walk oUtin
the evening the fields appear enamelled with a variety, o f flowers,, and at every
flep th e ,g r ten lizard efcapes- from your fig h t , as V ir g i l has faid„.
Nunc virides etiam ocu.ltant/pineta lacertos.
lai See Caflri’s bibliotheea irabieiHifpan. Ifenrialfcnfis. : 2 vols, fòlio, printed at bis Caûiolic Majéflj’s
expence.
(¿) New England’s rareties difcovered in-birds, beafts,:fiihes, ferpents and plants, by jfohn JoiTeliftc,
London, 1672. Dr. Moffet likewife fays, As for the fleih of young puppies, commended by Hippocrates
and afterwards by Galen, however in the ifles of Corflca and. Malta they are ftifl efteemed as good
meat, yet Cardan conflders them, in his hiftory, as bad meats, which neither ufe nor reafon hath confirmed.
The following Lifi o f Vegetables, growing upon Mount Calpe, or H ill
o f Gibraltar, is given by Way o f evincing the Fertility o f that Climate..
A . Barbary buth D e c . front
C A C I A - June B a ck o f thq h ill Barianas, garden ------------% - 1|
A dd e r ’s tongue D e c . - - - - *'■ u. ------- Barley - - D e c . — -
A ld e r b la ck - N o v . front B a y tree ------- i -------
A le h o o f - - D e c . «back * Ba y o f A lexandria — common
A lex an d e r - * - N o v . Bean, gard'en O f f . front
A l l heal - - D e c / front - - — horfe - 3 . —
A l l clown h e a l' - ----- If on the top - - - - - M a la c c a — -— - '.¿ j .
A lm o n d tree - — — front Bears b?eech - D e c . b a ck
A lo e black - - ------ - - - - - Bears fo o t *- -
Amom um, the true, A p r il Bed, ladies ftraw. ------- common
and common - £ggj— b a ck Beets white and red N o v . front M
A p p le - - - A p r il town BeheiF-— ^ - D e c . p p B
A rch an g e l, red and*» Benjamin N o v . -------.
white - -■ — — b a ck Betony , B au l’s - D e c . ■— R
■Arrach, garden — — __ i
ilin k in g - - D e c . b a ck Jb___ u HI
Arfe-fmart, hot and Bindweed, green A l l the year
Ipotted - common ------- common
Artechoke^ - Z N o v . front Birdlime - D e c . front
Afarabacca - - D e c . common Birthwort lo n g — — ___
Afparagqs - * — -----. - - -------- ------- round —— i ___
AiTa-fcetida/ -.^ - — — b a ck - - - wooded running -------. -------•
Avens - « *» ------- ‘front Biihops weed D e c . ------- '
— - - - cand-weed !------ ----------
B . Bitte r iw eet - - N o v . front
Ba lm , garden ” ~ D e c . front Blackberry buffi, and
Ba lm o f Cappadocia A p r il - - - - bramble D e c ; ~cqmmon
Balm Peru - ------- * ------- B lite s bufh - - front
K k k z B