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called P&wefe by the? 1 Natives, from their 

 cry, which is fimilar to that name ; this 

 being a circumftance which the Indians 

 feem to have always regarded in the 

 naming of animals. They are eafily 

 tamed, being unable to fly any confide- 

 rable diftance. They are pretty nume- 

 rous in the woods, and make no fmall 

 part of the food of thofe Planters who 

 are fupplied with Indian Hunters. The 

 flefh is very much efteemed, and when 

 drefTed, they fo nearly refemble Turn- 

 key s,- as to be often miftaken for them 

 by ftrangers. 



There is a fpecies of Dunghill Hens 

 and Cocks, differing from the common 

 Englijh Dunghill Fowl only in being 

 fomewhat fmaller, and having the fea- 

 thers rumpled and uneven, which are 

 brought from the inland parts of Guiana, 

 where they are reared by the Indians, 

 and which are doubtlefs natural to this 

 part of America. 



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