New Jerfey, Raccoon. 1 1 



farm-houfe and moft of the houfes in. the 

 towns, fwarm with fo many, that no farm- 

 houfe in our country can be better flocked 

 with them. They continue their mufic 

 there throughout the whole winter. 



Bugs (Cimex leBularius) are very plen- 

 tiful here. I have been fufficiently tor- 

 mented by them, in many places in Cana- 

 da : But I do not remember having ken 

 any with the Indians, during my ftay at 

 Fort Frederic. The commander there, Mr. 

 de Loufignan, told me, that none of the Il- 

 linois and other Indians of the weftern parts 

 of North America knew any thing of thefe 

 vermin. And he added, that he could 

 with certainty fay this from his own expe- 

 rience, having been among them for a 

 great while. Yet I cannot determine whe- 

 ther bugs were firft brought over by the 

 Europeans, or whether they have originally 

 been in the country. Many people looked 

 upon them as natives of this country, and 

 as a proof of it faid, that under the wings 

 of bats the people had often found bugs, 

 which had eaten very deep into the flefh. 

 It was therefore believed that the bats had 

 got them in fome hollow tree, and had af- 

 terwards brought them into the houfes, as 

 they commonly fix themfelves dole to the 

 walls, and creep into the little chinks which 



they 



