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ed them all. He takes most of his prey by sur- 

 prise, getting Tip tlie trees, which they pass by or 

 under, and thence, leaping directly upon them. 

 Thus he takes deer (wbicb he can not catch by 

 running) and fastens his teeth into their shoulders 

 and sucks them. They run with him, till they 

 fall down for want of strength, and become a prey 

 to tlie enemy. Hares, birds, and all he meets, 

 that he can conquer, he destroys. The fur is ap- 

 proved to wear as a stomacher, for weak and col d 

 stomachs. They are likewise used to line mufis 

 and coats withal in cold climates. 



The wolf of Carolina, is the dog of the woods. 

 The Indians had no other curs, before the chris- 

 tians came amongst them. They are made do- 

 mestic. When wild they are neither so large nor 

 fierce as the European wolf. They are not man 

 slayers, neither is any creature in Carolina unless 

 wounded. They go in great droves in the night 

 to hunt deer, which they do as well as the best 

 pack of hounds. ISTay, one of these will hunt 

 down a deer. They are often so poor that they 

 can hardly run. When they catch no prey, they 

 go to a swamp and fill their belly full of mud ; if 

 afterwards they chance to get any thing of flesh, 

 they will disgorge the mud and eat the other. 

 When they hunt in the night that there is a great 

 many together, they make the most hideous and 

 frightful noise that ever was heard. The fur makes 

 good muffs. The skin dressed to a parchment 



