320 November 1748. 



vince of Fenfylvania only, from the firft of 

 'January 1749, to the firft of January 1750 ; 

 for when the deputies from the feveral dif- 

 tricts of the province met, in order to deli- 

 berate upon the affairs of the province, 

 each of them complained that their treafu- 

 ries were exhaufted by paying fo much for 

 fquirrels : for at that time the law had ap- 

 pointed a reward of three-pence for each 

 fquirrel's head. So far extended the ven- 

 geance taken upon thefe little creatures, 

 i. e. upon the grey and black fquirrels. It 

 was found, by calling up accounts, that in 

 that one year eight thoufand pounds of Pen- 

 fylvania currency, had been expended in 

 paying thefe rewards : this I was affured of 

 by a man who had looked over the accounts 

 himfelf. 



Many people, efpecially young men, 

 left all other employment, and went into 

 the woods to moot fquirrels ; but the go- 

 vernment having experienced how much 

 three-pence per head took out of the trea- 

 fury, fettled half that fum upon each fquir- 

 rel's head. 



Flying Squirrels are a peculiar kind, 

 which feem to be the fame with thofe which 

 inhabit Finland, and which Dr. Linnaus 

 in his Fauna Svedca, No. 38. calls Sciurus 

 volans. The American flying fquirrel at the 



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