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it; but i am of Opinion that it is natural, the Indiauj^ having 

 had no Tools to work in Wood or Stone, at the first arrival 

 of the Europeans^ so that it cannot be reasonably imagined 

 that a Work of this nature could be perfected without proper 

 Instruments for that purpose. 



As all Grain and Pulse thrive here to admiration, so do 

 the Stocks of Cattle, Horses, and Swine multiply surpriz- 

 ingly, there being as great numbers of each Species, as in any 

 Province possessed by the English in America. 



The Veal is very good and white, but they seldom kill any 

 for the Market, being fond to preserve their Calves to a larger 

 growth. The Planters make Penfolds adjacent to their Hab- 

 itations, wherein they milk their Cows every Morning and 

 Evening ; after which, they turn them into the Woods, where 

 they remain feeding all Day; when they return at Xight, 

 they carefully shut up their Calves with some few of the 

 Cows, in those Penfolds, which protects them from the 

 Wolves, or any other voracious wild Beasts : In the Mornings 

 and Evenings the Cows return from the AVoods to be milked, 

 and are turned out as usual ; the Calves are turned into the 

 Inclosures where they remain feeding and safe all the Day, 

 no wild Beast ever appearing near their Plantations in that 

 space of time. I have seen one hundred Calves together in 

 one of these Penfolds, being all the Property of one Planter. 

 The Calves generally suck their Dams all the time they are 

 milking, otherwise the Cows would not suffer any one to 

 touch them. The Milk is very pleasant and rich. 



Their Heifers bring forth Calves at eighteen or twenty 

 Months old; this early production makes such a wonderful 

 increase, that many of the Planters, from mean beginnings, 

 are Masters now of such large Stocks of Cattle, that you may 



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