ries f 
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of the Ifland of Barbadoes. 
| there, but they were mdking tryals, cither to get fome of thofe, or 
fomelarge Horfé Affinigoés; to breed with the Mares of that. Coun- 
' “tty. : se ; 
| the bargain, and would not 6.0m» 
{feldom happen, yet ‘tisatt ordinary 
{to one another for the time they have to ferve 
| ceive any commodities that arcin the Ifland; T 
 fréeady of the largenefs weight and goodnef$ ofthefe hogs as isneedful , 
and theteforeIfhallneedno'more.~— - - 3 
| | being very unfit for them} @ foure tough and faplef& graf, and fome 
| fon had been, their too much heat with their wool, and fo got them 
| tWoLambs: their flefh when wetryed any ofthem, had a very faint 
Ttafte, fo that I do not think they are fit to be bred or kept in that 
‘Chriftian that hasthe charge of the carriages, One of thefe ee 
weight; our Planters have been very defirous if it were poflible to get 
fugars, and working inthe Ihgemio;.but they had gotnone when! was 
“We have here in abundance, but not wild or loofe, forifthey were 
they would domore harm than their bodiesare worth; they are en- 
clos’d, and every man knows hisown:: thofe that rear them to fell, 
do'commonly fell them fot a groata pound’; weighing them alive 5 
‘fometimes fix pence if flefh be dear. ‘There was a Planter in the 
Hand, that came to his neighbour, and faid to him, Neighbotr Ihear 
you have lately bought good'ftore of fervants, out ofthe laft {hip that 
‘have fome of my hogsflefh; ‘fothe price was fet a groat a pound. for 
the hogs flefhi, “and fix-penceforthe Womans fiefh. The fcales were 
fet up , andthe Planter had a Maid that was extream fat, _ and 
igood for nothing , her name was Howor3 The man brought 4 great 
fatfow, and putit in one tale, and Hoxor wasputin the other; but 
when he faw how much the Maid outweighed his Sow, he broke off 
goes will carry 150 weight of fugar; fome of the ftrongeft 200) 
Mules there, fot they would be of excellent-ufe, im carrying their | 
} came from Exgland, and’ I hear withall, that you want. provifions , | 
{Phave great want of a woman fervant ; ‘and would begladto make an 
|.cxchangesIf you will let me havefome of your womans flefh; you hall 
rai 1 fuch a cafe as this, miay 
rves and inexchange, re- 
Have faid as riuch al- 
as 
~ We have here, but very few sandthofdo not like well the pafture, 
*poyfonous plant they find, which breedsdifeafes amongftthem , and 
ib they dye away, they neyei are fat, and we thought a while therea- 
Often fhorn 3 but that would not cure them: yet the Ews bear alwayes 
gthere, to {ell their fervants | 
}Countrey ; other fheep we have there, 
which are brought from Guinany 
‘and they profper far better than the 
and Binzy, and thofe have hair growing on them, int 
liker Goats than Sheep, yet their flefh ts tafted more like Mutton than 
mee, 2. : 
_ | We have i greater plenty’, 
Sheep, and find 
| Goats heres they-live for the moft part in the wook 
‘the pafture, butare.alwayes inclos‘din a fence, thacth 
{upontheir neighbours ground 5 | 
‘his neighbours, either in his Canes, Corn, Potatoes, ; 
tihes, may by the lawesof the Ifland fhoot him through with a Gun, 
d lictlé difference 
in thetafte of their flefh, and the 
for whofoever finds Hog or Goat of 
_|and®kill him ; but then he muft prefently fend to the owner, 
_| know where he ts. 
Q.2 
inftead of wool;and | 
, fometimes in 
do not trefpafs 
Bonavitt, or Plan- 
to Jet him 
The 
Hogs: 
Sheep: 
Goats: 
