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A True and ExaB Hi^ory 



Tame beafts 

 that are li- 

 mng on the 

 Jjland. 

 Camels, 



Horfei 



Oxen, Bulls, 

 ■'and Cowcs. 



Up a firm and lafting friendftiip araongfl: them 5 though after I came 

 away^ it was otherwife. 



Sports and exerciles they never us'd any, as Bowhng, Shooting , 

 Hunting, or Hawking, for indeed there are no places fit for the two 

 firft exercifes, the Countrey being fb Rocky, uneven and full offtumps 

 of trees : and for the other two, they want game ; for there are no kind 

 of wild beafts in the Ifland, nor any foul fit to hawk at 5 befides the 

 Country is fo woody , as there is no Champian to fly in 5 Phealants , 

 Partridges, Heathpoults, Quailes, of Ray les, never fet foot upon this 

 ground, unle/s they were brought there 5 and if fo, they never liv'd: 

 and for Hawkes, I never (aw but two, and thole the merrieft ftirrers 

 that ever I (aw fly 5 the one of them was in an evening juft at 

 Sunfetting, which is the time the Bats rife , and (b are to a good 

 height ^ and at a downcome, this Barbary Faulcon took one of them 

 and carried it away. 



If I (hall be^with thelargeft, firft I muft name Camels , and thefe 

 are very u(efulfliafts, but very few will live upon the Ifland ; divers 

 have had them brought over, but few know how to dyet them. Cap- 

 tain Higginbotham had four Or five, which were of excellent ufe, not 

 only for carrying down fugar to the bridge, but of bringing from 

 thence hogfhcads of Wine , Beer, or Vinegar, which hor(es cannot do, 

 nor can Carts pa(s for Gullies, and Negroes cannot carry it, for the rea- 

 (bns afore-mentioned , a good Camel will carry 1600 i. weight, and 

 go the fureft of any beaft. 



We have from feveral parts of the world, England^ HoUand ^ Botia- 

 vifia^ the Ides of Cape Verd^ Virginia^ Nevp Englat?d^ and (bme from one 

 of the Levpardl.jlands in the Carnbbks call'd Currijja, befides (bme we 

 breed, and very ftrong and good mettled, bold and fit to charge on : 

 thefe horles we u(e either fbr the Ingenio,or*the Saddle,(eldom or never 

 for carrying fugar, the gullies being (b fteep. 



We have from the (everal places I have nam'd 3 but chiefly Bulls, 

 from the liie of May , and Bot7avjfta ; which are Cattle , being well 

 taught, will work the orderlieft that I have feen any. With thefe, we 

 have Cows, and fbme of them we u(e fbr thePayle, and (bme for the 

 Ingenio, fome we breedjand have (peed ier incrcafe than m Europe^ fbr 

 here a Calf will bring a Calf in fourteen months5 and if it were not for 

 the difeafes that take away our Cattle, we iliould not need to fetch | 

 any from forraign parts. 



Are here of exceeding great ufe in the Ifland, in carrying our (ugar, 

 down to the bridge,which by rea(bn of the gullies, the Horfes cannot 

 do ; befides when the great rains fall^the wayes are fb deep, and full 

 of roots, as when a horfeputs in his leg between two roots , he can 

 hardly pull it out again, having a great weight on his back ; and if he 

 I fall, 'tis hard lifting him up. Whereas the AfTmigoes pick and choole 

 their way, andfometimes choofe out little wayes in the wood , iuch 

 as they know are fit for thcm_ to pafs , which horfes cannot do, bc- 

 cau(e the wayes are now to narrow for them, or if they were not,they 

 would want much the wit of the Affinigees, to pick and choofe their 

 way. And if by chance the Afl^inigoes fall, tVv^o Negroes are able to help 

 him up, and we fcldom ufe more than two, for afltftance to the 



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