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about three pence, for every one that was killed. This proved fuch 
an encouragement, as to fet all the idle people in the province in” 
purfuit of them. Penfylvania paid, from anuary 1749 to Fanuary 
1750, 80001. currency: but.on complaint being made by the depu- 
ties, that their treafuries were exhaufted by thefe rewards, they were 
reduced to one half. How improved muft the ftate of the Americans 
then be, in thirty-five years, to wage an expenfive and fuccefsful war 
againft its parent country, which before could not bear the charges 
of clearing the provinces from the ravages of thefe infignificant ani- 
mals ! 
It has been obferved, that the Squirrels are greatly multiplied 
within thefe few years, and that in proportion to the encreafe of 
the fields of mayz, which attract them from all parts; I mean not 
only the grey fpecies, but all the others. 
They are eaten by fome people, and are efteemed very delicate. 
Their fkins, in America, are ufed for ladies fhoes ; and are often im- 
ported into England, for lining or facing for cloaks. 
They make their nefts in hollow trees, with mofs, ftraw, wool, and 
other warm materials. They chiefly inhabit trees of the deciduous 
kind; but fometimes in pines, whofe cones are an article of their 
provifion. They keep their nefts for feveral days together, feldom 
ftirring out, except for a frefh fupply of food. Should a deep {now 
prevent them from getting to their ftorehoufes, multitudes perifh 
with hunger. 
When they are fitting on a bough, and perceive a man, they in- 
{tantly move their tails backward and forward, and gnafh their teeth 
with a very confiderable noife. This makes them detefted by the 
fportfmen, who lofe their game by the alarm they give. The Grey 
Squirrel is a difficult animal to kill: it fits on the higheft trees, and 
often between the boughs, and changes its place with fuch expedi- 
tion that the quickeft markfman can fcarcely find time to level his 
piece ; and if it can once get into a hole, or into any old neft, nothing 
; can 
