S oo OS BECK'S VOYAGE. 



vol. iii. p. 167. viz. that the French in 1646, 

 began to cat frogs and muihrooms, being prefix- 

 ed by hunger. 



Buffaloes (Bos Indicus) are ufed to plough 

 with, and foreigners buy them to kill. Thefe 

 oxen are generally wilder than ours ; however 

 I ventured through the midfl of a whole herd 

 of them. They are generally grey, their 

 hams almoft ftrait, fomewhat angulated. A 

 buffaloe colts at prefent 10 tel, and a calf two 

 tel and live mefs. 



Their goats are (as far as 1 could fee) no 

 way different from owrs. 



The deep of this country have little horns, 

 and fhort tails, which are one lump of fat, 

 and oblong. Thefe fheep are no bigger than 

 the Swedijh deep, but grow fo fat on the dry 

 Chinefe mountains, that mutton tafles better 

 here than in any other place in the world : 

 and they iiktwife fell dearer than in any other 

 country. A flieep cofts here 15 plates, and 

 Sometimes more. A: prefent it is fold at four 

 tel and eight mefs, which is thought very 

 cheap. In a climate which is fo warm, where 

 wool is not wanted, and cotton and filk are 

 plentiful, they are lefs neceffary. 



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