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he did for 10; but said he I dare not do it, for should it be known that I did, I should be look’d upon in the same light as one in Europe who coverd his table with offals fit for nothing but Beggars or dogs. Turtle is also here in abundance, but despisd by Europeans, indeed for what reason I know not: it is neither so sweet or so fat as our West India Turtle even in England. They have also a kind of Large Lizards or Iguanas some of which are said to be as thick as a mans thigh; I shot one about 5 feet long and it provd very good meat.
Poultrey is prodigiously plentifull; very large fowls, Ducks also and Geese are cheap, pidgeons are rather dear, and Turkies extravagant; in general what we eat at Batavia were lean and dry, but this I am convinc’d proceeds from being ill fed, as I have eat there of every kind as good or better than commonly met with in Europe.
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© Derived from State Library of NSW Transcription of Banks's Journal page (vol. 2) 454, February 2004
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