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does not feem fufficient -, for moft of the 

 cattle, which are fold at ^ebecy have no 

 meadows with Arrow-headed grafs'^, on 

 which they graze. Jn Canada the oxen 

 draw with the horns, hut in the Englijh 

 colonies they draw with their withersy as 

 horfes do. The cows vary in colour; how- 

 ever, moft of them are either red, or 

 black. 



Every countryman commonly keeps a 

 few fheep, which ftipply him with as much 

 wool as he wants to cloth himfelf with. 

 The better fort of clothes are brought from 

 France. The fheep degenerate here, after 

 they are brought from France^ and their 

 progeny flill more fo. The want of food 

 in winter is faid to caufe this degeneration. 



1 HAVE not {fLtn any goats in Canada, 

 and I have been alTured that there are none. 

 I have feen but very few in the E?7glifi 

 colonies, and only in their towns, where 

 they are kept on accouni of fome fick peo- 

 ple, who drink the milk by the advice of 

 their phyficians. 



The harrows sre triangular; two of the 

 fides are fix feet-, and the third four feet 

 long. The teeth, and every other part of 

 the harrows are of wood. The teeth are 



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