bf the Ifthmus of America. 8| 



tlie Horns of thefe Deer, fetting them up 

 in their Houfes 5 but they are' fuch only 

 as they (hed, for I never faw among them 

 fo much as the Skin or Head of any of them 

 that might fhew they had been kill 'd" by 

 the Indians 5 and they are too nimble for 

 the Warree, if not a Match for him. , 



The Bogs they have are fmall, not well D °s s: 

 fhap'd, their Hair rough and ftragling, like 

 our Mungrels. They ferve only to bark 

 and ftart the Game, or by their barking 

 give notice to the Hunters to fhoot their 

 Arrows. They will run about in this 

 manner from Morning to Night 5 but are 

 fuch meer whiffling Curs, that of two or 

 three hundred Beafts ftarted in a Day, 

 they fhall feldom kill above two or three 5 

 and thefe not by running them down, but 

 by getting them at a Bay and befetting 

 them, till the Hunters can come up with 

 them. Large ftrorig Dogs would make bet- 

 ter Work here 5 and it might be a very ac- 

 ceptable Thing to the Indians to tranfport 

 hither a Breed of fuch : But then they 

 muft keep to their Houfes, or they would 

 be in danger of funning Wild in this 

 Country. 



Here are Rabbits, caffd by' our Engltjh, 

 dian Conies. They are as large as our Hares $ 

 But I know not that this Country has any 

 Hares. Thefe Rabbits have no Tails, and 

 but little fhort Ears £ sfnd" the Claws' of their 



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