224 November 1748. 



there is a reward of twenty (hillings in Pen* 

 Jyhania, and of thirty in New Jerfey, for deli- 

 vering in a dead wolf, and the perfon that brings 

 it may keep the fkin. But for a young wolf 

 the reward is only ten {hillings of the Penfyha- 

 nian currency. There are examples of thefe 

 wolves being made as tame dogs. 



THE wild Oxen have their abode principally 

 in the woods of Carolina, which are far up in the 

 country, The inhabitants frequently hunt them, 

 and fait their flefh like common beef, which is 

 eaten by fervants and the lower clafs of people. 

 But the hide is of little ufe, having too large 

 pores to be made ufe of for fhoes. However the 

 poorer people in Carolina ipread thefe hides on 

 the ground inftead of beds. 



THE Vifcum filament ofum, or Fibrous mifletoe, is 

 found in abundance in Carolina; the inhabitantsr 

 make ufe of it as ftraw in their beds, and to adorn 

 their houfes ; the cattle are very fond of it: it is 

 likewife employed in packing goods, 



THE Spartium fcoparium grew in Mr. Bar* 

 tratns garden from Englijh feeds ; he faid that he 

 had feveral bufhes of it, but that the froft in the 

 cold winters here had killed moft of them: they 

 however grow fpontaneoufly in Sweden. 



MR. Bart ram had fome Truffles, or Linnaus's 

 Ly coper don Tuber, which he had got out of a 

 fandy foil in New Jerfey, where they are abun- 

 dant. Thefe he me wed to his friend from Carolina, 

 and afked him whether they were the Tuckahooof 

 the Indians. But the ftranger denied it, and ad- 

 ded, that though thefe truffles were likewife very 

 common in Carolina, yet he had never feen them 



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