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Spices, Ginger or Pepper seem to be inflamed ; and they 

 that eat Sugar seem to be choked in water. There seems 

 to be another secret of Nature in it, that those who are 

 clothed in those Skins, seem never to be satisfied. 



"The guts of this Creatures are made into string:; for 

 Musicians, and give a harsh sound, which the Natives 

 take pleasure in ; but these, tempered with sweet sound- 

 ing strings, will make very good Musick. Their hoofs 

 made like Circles, and set upon heads subject to the 

 Vertigo, and ringing ears, soon cure them. The Hunters 

 drink the blood of this beast mingled with hot water ; 

 also seasoned with the best Honey, it is drunk at 

 Marriages. The fat, or tallow of it, smeered on putrid 

 Ulcers for an ointment is a sudden cure. Charmers use 

 the teeth of it. The hoofs, newly taken off, will drive 

 away Cats and Dogs, if they do but see it, as birds fly 

 away, if they spy but the Vultur or the Bustard. 



" By the Hunter's various Art, this Creature is taken 

 onely in regard of his pretious skin ; and the way is 

 this ; They carry into the wood a fresh Carkasse ; where 

 these beasts are wont to be most commonly ; especially 

 in the deep snows (for in Summer their skins are nothing 

 worth) when he smels this he falls upon it, and eats till 

 he is forced to crush his belly close between narrow 

 trees, which is not without pain ; the Hunter, in the 

 mean time, shoots, and kills him with an arrow. 



" There is another way to catch this Beast, for they set 

 Trees, bound asunder with small cords, and these fly up 

 when they eat the Carkasse, and strangle them ; or else 

 he is taken, falling into pits dug upon one side, if the 

 Carkasse be cast in, and he is compelled by hunger to 

 feed upon it. And there is hardly any other way to 

 catch him with dogs, since his claws are so sharp, that 



