New Jerfeyj Raccoon. 1 1 



farm-houfe and moft of the houfes in the 

 towns, iwarm with fo many, that no farm- 

 houfe in cur country can be better Hocked 

 with them. They continue their mufic 

 there throughout the whole winter. 



BUGS (Cimex leSlularius) 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 feen 

 any with the Indians, during my flay at 

 Fort Frederic. The commander there, Mr. 

 de Loujignan, told me, that none of the //- 

 linoh 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 ow T n expe- 

 rience, having been amonrj them for a 

 great while. Yet I cannot determine whe- 

 ther bugs were firft brought over by the 

 Europeans, or svhether they have originally 

 been in the country. Many people looked 

 upon them as natives of riiis 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 flefln 

 It was therefore believed that th^ Vats had 

 got them in fotne hollow tree, a ^ had af- 

 terwards brought them into the houfes, as 

 they commonly fix themfelves clofe to the 

 and creep into the little chinks which 



they 



