(1^4) 
went away before any of the people were 
up 9 the poultry had their breakfad ufually 
in cold weather in the kitchin, and becaufe 
they (hould not hinder the pafling of the 
people too and again, it was thrown under 
the Table , in the afternoon they began to 
hang the wing, in the night the iickeft dropt 
dead from the perch, and the next day moft 
of thcnn dyed i we could not of a fudden 
ghefs at the caufc^ but thought the Indians 
had either bewitched , or poyfonedthem; 
it came at laA into my head, feeing their 
Oops very full, or rather much fwelPd^co 
open thcm^where I found as much Veers hair 
as Corn, they that pickt up none of the hair 
lived and did well. 
In the year i66y. O&ober the ythamongft 
our poultry we had one white game Cock 
of the French kind, a bird of high price^ 
when he was three years old he drooped and 
his fpirit was quite gone i One of our 
Negro maids finding him in the yard dead 
brought him into the houfc and acquainted 
mt; with it. I cauied her to Ajaw him, 
when his gUts were all drawn out (he in . 
her hand again and felt a lump in hi^ budy ' 
as big as ahalf-peny loaf,ftrongly faftned to 
his back, and much ado (he had to pull it 
out h I found it to be a tuff bag, containing 
iiuff 'lite Uvtr^ and very heavier at one end , 
of 
