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ings and iix-pence, in Fenfylvanian cur- 

 rency. 



They have two varieties of Wolves here, 

 which however feem to be of the fame 

 fpecies. For fome of them are yellowilh, 

 or almoft pale grey; and others are black 

 or dark brown. AH the old Swedes related, 

 that during their childhood, and ftill more 

 at the arrival of their fathers, there were 

 exceffive numbers of wolves in the country, 

 and that their howling and yelping might 

 be heard all night. They likewife fre- 

 quently tore in pieces, fheep, hogs, and 

 other young and fmall cattle. About that 

 time or foon after, w^hen the Swedes and 

 the E}iglijh were quite fettled here, the 

 Indians were attacked by the fmall pox : 

 this difeafe they got from the Europeans, 

 for they knew nothing of it before : it 

 killed many hundreds of them, and moft 

 of the Indians of the country^ then called 

 New Sweden died of it. The wolves then 

 came, attradled by the ftench of fo many 

 corpfes, in fuch great numbers that they 

 devoured them all, and even attacked the 

 poor fick Indians in their huts, fo that the 

 few healthy ones had enough to do, to drive 

 them away. But lince that time they have 

 difappeared, fo that they are now feldoraf 

 ieen, and it is very rarely that they commit 



any 



