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Thtfnrkiey which is in New-Englani 
a very large Bird, they breed twice or thrice 
in a yejr, if you would preferve the young 
Chickens alive, you rttuft give them no wa- 
ter, for if they come to have their fill of 
water they will drop away ftrangely, and 
you will ticver be able to rear any of thenar 
they are excellent meat, efpecially a ^wkie- 
CapoH beyond that, for which Eight (hil- 
lings was given, their Eggs are very whole- 
fome and rt ftore decayed nature exceeding- 
ly. But the Frmcfc fay they breed the Le- 
profie i the Indeffes make Coats of T^urkie^ 
feathers woven for their Children. 
The Partridge is larger than ours, white 
fleflit, but very dry, they are indeed a fort 
of Partridges called Groofes. 
Th^ Pidgeon^oi which thete arc millions 
of millions, I have feen a flight of Pidgeons 
in the fpring, and at Michaelmas when they 
return back to the Southward for four or 
five milcf^ that to tny thinking had neither 
beginning nor ending, length nor breadth, 
and fo thick that I could fee no San, they 
joyn Neft tb Neft, and Tree to Tree by 
their Nefl:s many miles together in Pi^e- 
Trees. But of late they are much dimi- 
nilhed, the Englijh taking them with Nets. 
I have bought at Bofton a dozen of Pidgeons 
ready pulPd and garbidgd for three penc 
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