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if half the Stories be true that I have been 

 told, they have a very orderly Government 

 among them \ in their Works each knows 

 his proper Work and Station, and the Over- 

 feers beat thqfe Young Ones that loiter in 

 their Bufinefs, and will make them cry, and 

 work ftoutly. 



Wolves there are great ftore ; you may hear 

 a Company Hunting in an Evening, and 

 yelping like a pack of Beagles ^ but they are 

 very cowardly, and dare fcarce venture on 

 any thing that faces them ; yet if Hungry, 

 will pull down a good large Sheep that flies 

 from them. I never heard that any of them 

 adventured to fet on Man or Child, 



Foxes^ they are very much like ours, only 

 their Fur is much more grifled, or gray \ 

 jieither do I remember ever to have feen any 

 JFox-holes, but of this I am not pofitive. 



Every Houfe keeps three or four Mungrel 

 Dogs to deftroy Vermin, fuch as Wolves^ Fox^ 

 es^ Rackoons^ O^ojfums^ &c. But they never 

 Hunt with Hounds, I fuppofe, becaufe ^ere 

 are fo many Branches of Riverf, that they 

 cannot follow them. Neither do they keep 

 Grey-Hounds, becaufe they fay, that they arq 

 fubje£t to break their Necks by running a- 

 gainfl: Trees, and any Cur will fcrve to run 

 their Hares into a hollow Tree, where after 

 the aforefaid manner they catch them^ 



They have great ftore both of Land and 

 Water T ortoifes^ but they are very fmall, I 

 think I never faw any in that Country to ex- 

 ceed a Foot in length ; there is alio another 

 fort of Land-Tortoife, different from the 

 common fort, with a higher ridged Back, and 

 fpeckled vvi^h red fort of SpotSo ' ^r<jf i 



