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er than another , as I conceive purpofely 

 made for Retirement, when the Water rifes 

 higher than ordinary they are confiderably 

 large, having much Trafli and Lumber to 

 make their Ho^fes withal 1 fuppofe they 

 live moftly on Fifh. 



Batts^ as I remember at leaft two forts ; 

 one a large fort with long Ears, and parti- 

 cularly long ftragling Hairs. The other 

 much Ijjjce the EngUflj ^ fomething larger I 

 think, very common. 



I never heard of any Lions ^ they told me 

 of a Creature killed whilft I was there, in 

 Glocefier County, which I conceived tQ be a 

 fort of Pard, or Tyger. 



Bears there are , and yet bnt few in the 

 Inhabited part of Virginia • towards Carolina 

 there are many more. There was a fmall 

 Bear killed within three Miles of Jar^ies City 

 the Year that I left the Country, but it was 

 fuppofed to have ftrayed , and fwam over 

 James River. They are not very fierce, their 

 Plel^ is commended for a very rich Ibrt of 

 Pork i but the lying fide of the Bear, as 1 

 remember, is but half the value of the other, 

 weight for w^eight. 



There are feveral forts of Wild-Cats and 

 Poll-Cats. 



Beavers build their Houfes in like manner 

 as the Musk-Rats do, only much larger, 

 and with pieces of Timber make Dams over 

 Rivers ^ as I fuppofe either to preferve their 

 Furs dry in their paflage over the Rivers, 

 (Otherwise to catch Fifli by ftanding to watch 

 them thereon, and jumping upon them on a 

 fudden; they are very fubtil Creatures^ and 



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