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THE houfes hereabouts are generally built 

 of beams of wood, and of unburnt bricka 

 dried by the fun and the air. The beams 

 are firft erected, and upon them a gable 

 with two walls, and the fpars. The wall 

 on the gable is made of boards. The roof 

 is covered with mingles of fir. They make 

 the walls of unburnt bricks, between the 

 beams, to keep the rooms warmer ; and 

 that they might not ealily be deftroyed by 

 rain and air, they are covered with boards 

 on the outride. The cellar is below the 

 houfe. 



THE farms are either built clofe to the 

 river-fide, or on the high grounds ; and 

 around them are large fields with maize. 



WK faw great numbers of MuJk-Rats 

 (Cciftor Zibetbicus Linn.) on the mores of 

 the river, where they had many holes, fome 

 on a level with the furface of the water. 

 Thefe holes were large enough to admit a 

 kitten. Before and in the entrance to the 

 holes, lay a quantity of empty {hells, the: 

 animals of which had been eaten by the 

 fifvfe-Rzts*. They are caught in traps 

 placed along the water-fide, and baited with 

 fome maize or apples. 



THE 



* This appears to be a new obfervation, as Linnaus, De 

 'RttffoKt ami .Sarrq/in pretend, they only feed on ihe.j/cvrus t 

 r 'Reed s, and other roots. F. 



