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at one Town called Gorgiana in the Province of Meyn 

 (called alfo New-Sommerfet-fJiire) they kill'd fourfcore. 



For Aches and Cold Swellings. 



Their Greafe is very good for Aches and Cold Swel- 

 lings, the Indians anoint themfelves therewith from top 

 to toe, which hardens them againft the cold weather. A 

 black Bears Skin heretofore was worth forty millings, 

 now you may have one for ten, much ufed by the Englifli 

 for Beds and Coverlets, and by the Indians for Coats. 



For Pain and Lamenefs upon Cold. 



One Edw. Andrews being foxt, 1 and falling backward 

 crofs a Thought 2 in a Shallop or Fifher-boat, and taking 

 cold upon it, grew crooked, lame, and full of pain, was 

 cured, lying one Winter upon Bears Skins newhy dead oft, 

 with fome upon him, fo that he fweat every night. 



The Wolf? 



The Wolf, of which there are two kinds; one with a 

 round-ball'd Foot, and [15] are in fhape like mungrel 



1 Stupefied with drink. — Webster, Eng. Did. 



2 Thwart. 



3 "The woolves be in some respedl different from them in other countries. It 

 was never known yet that a wolf ever set upon a man or woman : neither do they 

 trouble horses or cows; but swine, goats, and red calves, which they take fcir 

 deer, be often destroyed by them ; so that a red calf is cheaper than a black one, 

 in that regard, in some places. . . . They be made much like a mungrel; being 

 big-boned, lank-paunched, deep-breasted; having a thick neck and head, prick 

 ears and long snout, with dangerous teeth; long, staring hair, and a great bush- 

 tail. It is thought by many that our English mastiff might be too hard for them : 



