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Urfos awerkams Londini in caftello iTower') tres vivos, mirorque 

 adco diverfa ab europaea Ipecie animalia a nemine hucusque Ang a- 

 rum, qui Zoologiae ftudio tenentur, nec a Curiolis qui ipfam Ame- 

 ricam adierunt, rite defcripta fuiile. Tam aliena eorum facies, ut 

 qui europaeum Urfum viderit, fine hae/Tcatione diflinftam fpeciem 

 pronunciare debuat; erenim muko magis, quam Urfus marinus, a 

 vulgari Ipecie terreftri differunt. Differunt forma et colore conftan- 

 titfimo : Caput proportione anguftius, roftro prorfus canino phyfio- 

 nomia peculiari; corpus aterrimum, pilo teneriore atqu^ nitidiore; 

 gula ec genae ferrugineae, ut capite omnino Canes fic diOros Lanio- 

 num. Germaniae referant. Pro rugitu illis fletus fonorus; greflus et 

 indoles tota diverfa; et quae funt alia accuratiorem defcriptionem 

 hujus animalis, quod cum nulla Urfi europaei varietate convenit, 

 poftulantia. 



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„there by praftice become ncquainted with tbe fcent of the Bear, which as foon as they 

 „have found, they n.n him by the nofe, till they come up with him, & tiian hark & 

 „fnap at him, till he tiees. By the noife of the Uogs the Huntfinen lepair to the place 

 „ik find the Hear in fome large Tree, where they generally fhoot one aftn- another, rill 

 5, they Itill him: and tho' they are not naturally voracious, yet they are fiercc & wiil 

 j.fight mort: defperately when wounded; for which reafon there are 3 or 4 Huntfmen 

 „togcrher with Guns ready. ~ If any of the Dogs fhould faften on a Bear, the hunts- 

 ,,men lool< upon him as not good, for the beft Dog is nothing in his paws. — As the 

 „paws are efteemed the belt morfel of this creatuie, fo is the Head efteemed the worft & 

 „ is thercfore caft away ; for the hrain is faid to he poifonoiis. — They are not near fo 

 „pienty now, as thcy were fome years ago in this province, where the planters have 

 „kill'd 4 or 500 in one feafon. The reafon is becaufe tiiey are fo very ealily kiTd; 

 „ for the leaft Uog will make them tree. — The parts of this Beaft are good in feveral 

 „diforders; the oil is ufed in many cafes & partictaiarly by the Indians to paint their 

 „bodies withal. The fine Furr at the bottom of their bellies is ufed in making Hacs"' 

 <S;c. — D u P R A z in Hifl. de In Louijiaiic Tom. H. pa^. yy. plane non carnivoros efle 

 contendit, idcoque autumno ad auftrum migrarc, ubi vegetnbilibus mire pinguefcunt et 

 demum hyeme cubile in ftantis arboris cavo quodam tri)nco quaeiunt, ibiquc et pariunt, 

 ad tres ufqiie uno partu catulos. Docet et modum pinguedinem Capreolorum pellibus 

 condendi, eandemijue dep.irandi et fliiidum a febo feparandi oleum. — ■ Dumont in 

 Mem. fier Li Lotiif Tci/i. I, p. 74. eadem fere corfirmat et mira de pinguetudine horum 

 animaiium hyberna nirrat, ut et quod egregii fint nnatores. — Pifcesque grandiores 

 captantes in mare defilire, faepe diu cum pricda cnnfligcntes, jam Petk, MARxyR ia 

 relat. itineris Cabotiani apud Aamusium Coll. Vd. IIJ.p. jj. b. narrat. 



