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kies, befides being kept tame they are very 

 Apifh: They are very prejudicial to their 

 Poultrey, as I remember. 



An Opojfumj as big, and foiiiething fhaped 

 like our Badgers, but of a lighter Dun co- 

 lour, with a long Tail fomething like a Rat^ 

 but as thick as a Man's Thumb; the Skin 

 of its Belly is very large, and folded fo as to 

 meet like a Purfe, wherein they fecure their 

 Young whilft little and tender, which will as 

 naturally run thither, as Chickens to a Hen ^ 

 in thefe Falfe Bellies they will carry their 

 Young i thefe alfo feed on, and devour Corn. 



Hares, many will have them to be a Hedg- 

 Rabbet, but I know not what they meaa 

 thereby. I take them to be a perfeft Species 

 of Hares, becaufe I have feen Leverets there 

 with the white fpot in the Head which the 

 Old ones have not, fo it is in England • and. 

 the Down is perfectly of the colour of our 

 Hares, they fit as our Hares do^ and make 

 no Holes and Burrows in the Earth j true, 

 they are but about the bignefs of an EngUJh 

 Rabbet, and run no fafter ^ they generally 

 take into fome hollow Tree within a little 

 fpace, which then the People catch by gather-* 

 ing the withered Leaves, and fetting them on 

 fire within the hollow of the Tree, and 

 fmoaking of them fb till they fall down.' 

 Sometimes they take long Bryars, and twilt 

 them in the Down and Skin, and fo pull 

 them forth. 



Squirrels^ there are three forts. The firft 

 Is the great Fox Squirrel, much larger than 

 the Endijh^ and gray, almofl: as a common 

 Rabbet. Thefe are very common, I have 



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