2IO LETTER VIIL 



Turkies of which we have vaft plenty, are ex- 

 traordinarily fo. Our Veal is fmall, fat, and white, 

 without any more art than once bleeding. But 

 our Beef (the principal fupport of an Efiglijhmafi'^ 

 Life) is both lean and tough : I have heard of 

 fome tolerable fat Beef, but it was never my 

 fortune to meet with any of it. Our Geefe, and 

 Englifi Ducks there eat well, but were fomewbat 

 fcarce, as being chiefly brought to us from New-- 

 EnglanJy and other Northern Colonies. But we 

 have plenty oi Mufcovy Ducks, that eat better 

 there than they do here. We very rarely meet 

 with any Wild Ducks. Our Land Crabs run from 

 place to place ufually in the Night, when (and 

 efpecially after Rain) we catch them by the help 

 of Torch-light -, and this Torch is made up of no- 

 thing elfe, but a bundle of Splinters tyed toge- 

 ther, and confiding of Fir, yellow Saunders, and 

 other Oily Woods, which though green will 

 yield a competent blaze for a confiderable fpace 

 of time. At Antigua they have fmall, but well- 

 tafted Oyfters, that flick to Mangrove-trees that 

 grow clofe to Creeks. 



32. Englifi Beans will bloflbm in our Moun- 

 tain Plantations, though they never pod. Our 

 Carrots there are very good, but our Turnips and 

 Radiflies are ftringy and ftrong. We did not 

 want for Red Rofes, but I never law a White one. 

 Their fmell was not fo high as here in England^ 



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