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rope, but had better hair. The hair is 

 dark brown, like that on a brown bear- 

 fkin. That which is clofe to the ikin, is 

 as foft as wool. This hide was not very 

 thick ; and in general they do not reckon 

 them fo valuable as bear-ikins in France. 

 In winter they are fpread on the floors, 

 to keep the feet warm. Some of thefe 

 wild cattle, as I am told, have a long and 

 fine wool, as good, if not better, than 

 fheep wool. They make (lockings, cloth, 

 gloves, and other pieces of worfted work 

 of it, which look as well as if they were 

 made of the beft (heep wool ; and the In- 

 dians employ it for feveral ufes The flefli 

 equals the beft beef in goodnefs and fatnefs. 

 Sometimes the hides are thick, and may 

 be made ufe of as cow-hides are in Europe.. 

 The wild cattle in general are faid to be 

 ftronger and bigger, than European cattle,, 

 and of a brown red colour. Their horns 

 are but (hort, though very thick clofe to 

 the head. Thefe and feveral other quali- 

 ties, which they have in common with,, 

 and in greater perfection than the tame 

 cattle, have induced fome to endeavour to^ 

 tame them; by which means they would 

 obtain the advantages arifing from' their 

 goodnefs of hair, and,. on account of their 

 great ftrength, be able to employ them 



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