tin! the Cloves made thereof^ are the f>efl 
fortification for the hmds againft wet wea^ 
therthat can be thought of, the furr is e:^« 
cellentfor muffs^ and is almoft as dear as 
Beaver^ the greafe of an Otter will make 
liCh turn up their bellies^ and is of rare ufe 
for mzny things* 
The Harey I have no more to write of 
them than that they kindle in hollow 
Trees. What elfe concerns him^or any of the 
fore-mentioned Creatures you have in my 
New^Englands raritic$5to which I refer you* 
The Porcupine likewife I have treat€d 
efj only this I forgot to acquaint you withj 
that f hey lay Eggs^ and are good meat. ^ 
The laft kind of Beafts arc they that are 
begot by equivocal generation^as Mii/ei and 
feveral others ^ that when the Beafts were 
brought by the Almighty Creator to Adam^ 
who gave them names^ were not then in 
f^rnm naiura. OF thefe there are not many 
known in Ne:i^'EnglamL I know but of 
one, and that is i\u Indian dog begotten 
beC'^ixt a }F0lf and a Fox^ or between a 
fox mi 21 FFolfy which they made ufeof^ 
taming of thcm^ and bringing of them up 
td hiipi: with J but fincc the EngUp came 
mongii them, they htvc gotten ttore" of out 
dogSj wliJchthey bfing iip and 'kcep"1n as 
much fubicdion as ihey dp their wcbbj* 
