338 Mfcellanea Curiofa. Vol. Ill , 



been bred from fome that have ftrayed^ and 

 become Wild , and have propagated their 

 kind, and are difficult to be fliot, having a 

 great Acutenefs of Smelling. The common 

 rate of a Cow and Calf is 50 s. fight unfeen, 

 be Ihe big or little^ they are never very curi- 

 ous to examine that Point. 



Their Sheep are of a midling fize, pretty 

 fine fleeced in general, and moft Perfons of 

 Eftate begin to keep Flocks, which hitherto 

 has not been much regarded, becaufe of the 

 Wolves that deftroy them ; fo that a piece of 

 Mutton is a finer Treat, than either Veni.fbn, 

 Wild-Goofe, Duck, Widgeon, or Teal. 



Elke^ I have heard of them beyond the 

 Inhabitants, and that there was one pre^ 

 fented to Sir William Berkley^ which he fome- 

 time kept. 



Deer^ there are abundance of brave Red 

 Deer, fo that a good Woodfman, as they 

 call them, will keep a Houfe with Venifon j 

 the Indians^ they fay, make Artificial forts of 

 Heads of Boughs of Trees,^ which they Con- 

 fecrate to their Gods, and'thefe they put on 

 to deceive the Deer when they go a Shooting, 

 or Hunting, as they call it, and by mimiking 

 the Feeding of the Deer, they by degrees 

 get within Shot- 



Swine^ they have now in great abundance, 

 Shoats or Porkrels are their general Food ; 

 and I believe as good as any Wefifhalia^ cer- 

 tainly far exceeding our EngUjh. 



Rackoone^ I take it to be a Species of a 

 Monky,fomething lefs than a Fox gray-hair'd, 

 its Feet formed like a Hand, and the Face 

 too has likewife the refemblaace of a Mon-, 



kies, 



