286 November 1784. 



any diforders. This is attributed to the 

 greater cultivation of the country, and to 

 their being killed in great numbers. But 

 further up the country, where it is not yet 

 fo much inhabited, they are ftill very abun- 

 dant. On the coafts of Penfyhania and 

 New Jerfey, the fheep ftay all night in the 

 fields, without the people's fearing the 

 wolves : however to prevent their multi- 

 plying too much, there is a reward of twen- 

 ty fhillings in Fenfylvania, and of thirty in 

 New Jerfey, for delivering in a dead wolf, 

 and the perfon that brings it may keep the 

 Ikin. But for a young wolf the reward is 

 only ten (hillings of the Penfylvan'ian cur- 

 rency. There are examples of thefe wolves 

 being made as tame as dogs. 



The wild Oxen have their abode princi- 

 pally in the woods of Carolinay which are 

 far up in the country. The inhabitants 

 frequently hunt them, and fait their flefh 

 like common beef, which is eaten by fer- 

 vants and the lower clafs of people. But 

 the hide is of little ufe, having too large 

 pores to be made ufe of for fhoes. How- 

 ever the poorer people in Carolina^ fpread 

 thefe hides on the ground inftead of beds. 

 . li^n-E Vif cum filament of um, oi Fibrous mijle^ 

 toe, is found in abundance in Carolina -, the 

 inhabitants make ufe of it as ftraw in their 



beds. 



