of North Carolina. 



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OF THE BEASTS. 



THE Buffelo, or wild Beef, is one of the largest wild 

 Beasts that is yet known in these parts of America; it 

 hath a Bunch upon it's Back, and thick short Horns, 

 bending forward. Pliny reporteth in the eleventh Book of his 

 Natural History, that the Horns of one Bujfelo's Head were so 

 large that they contain'd or held two Measures, call'd Urnce, 

 which is about eight Gallons. This Monster of the Woods sel- 

 dom appears amongst the European Inhabitants, it's chiefest 

 haunts being in the Savan7ias near the Mountains, or Heads of 

 the great Rivers. Their Flesh is very course, and nothing to 

 be compared with our Beef, but their Calves are said to be ex- 

 cellent good Meat, as in all probability they are : And it is 

 conjectur'd that these Bujfelo's being mix'd, and breeding with 

 our tame Cattle, would much improve the Species for large- 

 ness and Milk; for these Monsters (as I have been inform'd) 



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