1 10 The Natural History 



The Fawns are beautifully mottled with rows or stripes of 

 white and bro^\Ti, which only continue 'till they are one Year 

 old. Deer-skins are one of the best Commodities that North 

 Carolina affords, which the Planters export in great Quanti- 

 ties for England and other parts. 



The Lyon, and Jack-all, arc supposed to be in Carolina, 

 from an Account the Indians give us, who report that near a 

 Lake of Water, towards the Head of Neus River, there is a 

 Creature that haunts those parts, and frightens them from 

 Hunting. They say that it is partly in colour like a Panther, 

 and that the only way they have to avoid it is by climbing 

 up Trees, which it cannot do. They likewise say, that there 

 is a swift Creature which remains with, and attends it, much 

 like the English Man's Dog: This Account I had from sev- 

 eral of the Indians : but whether or no there be any such 

 Beasts in these parts, I cannot affirm the certainty thereof, 

 for I never saw either them or their Skins. 



The Bears are very common in this Province, though not 

 quite so large as in more Xortherly Climates, such as Green- 

 land and Bussia. Their Flesh is good and nourishing, not 

 inferior to the best Pork in taste, and is betwixt Beef and 

 Pork: The young Cubs are a most delicious Dish, as most of 

 the Planters testifie, who prefer their Flesh before Beef, 

 Pork, Veal or Mutton, and it looks as well as it eats, their 

 Fat being as white as Snow, and the sweetest of any Creature 

 in the World ; for, if any Person drinks a Quart of it melted, 

 it never rises in the Stomach, as other Oils and Fats are sub- 

 ject to do, and is preferr'd above all things for frying Fish, 

 (&C. Those that are Strangers to it may judge otherwise, as 

 it happened to me not long after my arrival in Ameinca, who 

 could not be prevail'd upon to eat Bear's Flesh; but travel- 

 ling in the Coimtry with some other Company, wo were in- 

 vited 



