Penfylhania, GermaHtown, ^f 



the' memoirs of thfe FLoy«l Atadehiy of Sci- 

 encesi has defcribed by- the naiiie of JJrfiti 

 caudk eUn^ata, and- which- he calls Urjitt 

 Latdr, in his Syftema NalUfae^^ is here call^^ 

 Q.6.' Raccoon, If is found v6ry' frequently; 

 anddeftroys marty-chickeiis: It is huntfed' 

 bydogs, and when if runs upon a ttfee to 

 fave itfeifi a mart climb's upkyn the tree af^-- 

 ter it; and fhak-es it' dbwn to the gtourtdi 

 where the dogs kill it. The flefh is eaten^ 

 and is reputed to t^ft^ wfell. The bone 'of 

 its male' parts is mad6 life of'f6r a tobacco-i* 

 flopperi The hatters purchafe thieir fkins^i 

 ai^ Jnfyak^ hats out of thfe hair> which are ■ 

 iveJct' in goodnef^ to beavers; The tail is^ 

 worn- rouftd the neckin winter, and thefei-^ 

 f&reis Ukewife valuable. The' Raecoon'h' 

 frequently the food of fnakes. 



SoME^ £;?^/^^/«f« aflerted that nfea^ th^' 

 vwQt Potomack-'m Virginiaj a great qtiantif^^ 

 of oyfter {hells were to be met with, ahd'^' 

 that they themfelves had feen whole moun- ' 

 t^itis of^hem'. The place wher6 they arei- 

 f6und is f^id to be about iwo Bhglip nlile^"^ 

 diftant from the fca-fhOre. The prOprietof^ 

 of that ground btirns lime' oUt *of theW9 

 This ftratum of oyfter-fheHs is two fathbftfi 

 aAd more deep . Such quan titie^ of fh^ife i 

 have likewif<f'beeft found ' in oth6r placfeV' 

 e^jledally in ^NtW'- T'drk, oh dfggiftg- irt th^Sf - 

 G ground i 



