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who eateth the Bark and killcth thc Trcei 
They will be tame, witncfs the Beaver that 
not long fince was kept at Bofton in the 
MajfachufetJ'Bay^ and would run up and 
down the ftreets^reiurning home without a 
calh Their skins are highly valued ^and their 
ftonesare good for the palfie, trembling, 
and numbnefs of the hands, boiling of 
them in Oyl of 5/?%, and anointing the 
finews in the neck. If you take of Cajiorl- 
«m two drams, of womans hair one drant)^ 
and with a little Ro2cn of the FiHe-Ttct^ 
make it up into pills as big as Filberts and 
perfume a ivoman in a fit of the mother 
with one at a time laid upon coats under ' 
her noftrils, it will recover her out of her 
fit. The greafe of a Beaver is good for the 
Nerves , Convulfions , Epilepfies , Apo- 
plexies d^c» The tail as I have faid in ano- 
ther Treatife , is very fat and of a mafcu- 
line vcrtuc, as good as Eringo^s or Satyrion" 
Roots. 
The Onerot Rivcr-Pt?^ is Amphibious 
too, he hunteth for his kind in the Ipring , 
and bringeth forth his whelps as the Beaver 
doth, they are generally black, and very nu- 
merous, they are hunted in England (mm 
Shrovetide untill MidfuWrner^ but in NetP" 
England they take them when they can.The 
skin of an Otter i% worth Ten Shilling?, 
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