New Jerfcy, Raccoon. 5 1 



branches, and the tops of the youngeft 

 oaks. The horfes went into the maize 

 fields, and ate the dry leaves on the few 

 ftalks which remained. The fheep ran 

 about the Woods, and on the corn fields, 

 The chickens perched on the trees of the 

 gardens, at night y for they had no particu- 

 lar habitations. The hogs were likewife 

 cxpofed to the roughnefs of the weather, 

 within a fmall inclofure. 



A small kind of birds, which the Swedes 

 call Show-bird, and the Englifi Chuck-bird, 

 came into the houfes about this time. At 

 other times, they fought their food along 

 the roads. They are feldom feen, but when 

 it fnows. Catejby, in his Natural Hiflory 

 of Carolina, calls it PaJJer nivalis ; and Dr. 

 Linn&us, in his Syfiema Natura, calls it 

 Ember iza hyemalis. 



The river Delaware was now covered 

 With ice oppoiite Philadelphia, and even 

 fomewhat lower, and the people could walk 

 over it ; but nobody ventured to ride over 

 on horfeback. 



January the 22d. There are partridges 

 in this country ; but they are not of the 

 fame kind with ours. The Swedes called 

 them fometimes rapphons (partridges), and 

 fometimes aekkerhoens (quails). Some of the 

 Englijh likewife called them partridges, 

 D 2 others 



