Tta ^aturall and Moral! 



I tbinke in the greateft part , fniall cattdl do not in. 

 creafeand profitc well>by reafbn that the grade is high, 

 and the foile fo vicious, that they cannot fecde fo well 

 as great cattell. And therefore there is an infinite num 

 ber of kine, whereof there arc two kindes . Some arc 

 tame and go in troupes, as in the Landof Chorea, and 

 other Provinces of P<r*,as alfo in all new Sfaine : from 

 thefe tame kine they dravvfuch profitc as they do in 

 Sfainc, that is, theflefh, butter, calves, and oxen to till 

 the ground. The other kindeis wilde,\vhich live in the 

 mountaines and forrefts,and therefore they tame them 

 not , neither have they any matter to whom they arc 

 proper, both for the roughnes and thickenes of the 

 forreft, as alfo for the great multitude there is, and be 

 that firft killes them,is the mafter,as of any wildebeaft, 

 Thefcwilde kine have fo multiplied mS.Domfftiqvei 

 and thereabouts , that they troupe together in the 

 fields and woods bythoufands, having no matter to 

 whom they appertaine. They hunt thefe beaftsonely 

 for their hides 5 they go to the field on horfe-backe with 

 their weapons to hough them, courlmg the kine : and 

 when they have ftrucken any and ftaied thera,they are 

 their ownc , they flea them and carry the hides home, 

 leaving the fiefli , which every one negleds for the 

 aboundance there is, ibas fbmehave teftified in this 

 Ilandjthatin Ibmc places the aire hath been corrupted 

 with the aboundance of thefe {linking carcafts. The 

 hides they bring into Spaitte,is one ofthe beft revenues 

 of thellands,& of new Spaine.ln the fleet the yere 1 5 87. 

 there came from S. T>omini^ue^ 3 544 4. hides,and from 

 new Sfrinc&tf 50. which they value at 965 ?2.peeces,fb 

 as when they difchargc one of thefe flcctcs,it is admira 

 ble to behold the river tfStvtlle, and in the arcenall 



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