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Black, differ lefs from ours : They are larger, and have 
a great deal more Wool, which is very good, and eafy 
to be Spun and Wrought. Befides thefe Animals, that 
^ ferve for Food, there are Lyons, wild Cats, and many 
others of the like, as in New Spam, We brought to Calt- 
forma fome Cows, and ftore of fmall Cattef, as Sheep 
and Goats ; which would have increafed very much had 
not the Neceflity we were once in, obliged us to kill the 
greateft part of them. We likewife brought with us 
Horfes and Colts to ffock the Country, and began to 
I ^ -breed up Hogs ; but as chefe do a great deal of damage 
/ ' in the Villages, and the Women are afraid of them, wc 
F have refolved to extirpate them, 
f As for Fowls, there are in Caltform/i all that arc in 
' Mexico and New Spain ; as Pigeons', Turtle-Doves, Larks, 
PatridgesofanexquifiteTalte, and in great Quantities’ 
Geefe, Ducks, and many other forts both of River and 
Sea-Fowls. 
The Sea affords great Plenty of very good FiOi : 
They take Pilchers, Anchovies, and Tunnys • which 
\ laft they catch with their Hands on the Shoar. ’ We of- 
f = ten fee Wliales, and aU forts of Tortoifes. The Shoars 
are fill’d with Heaps of Shells, larger than thofe of Mo- 
ther of Pearl. The Salt that they have, is not from the 
Sea, but out of Pits : It is as bright as Chryftal, and 
fo hard that they are often forced to break it with 
Hammers. It is a very good Commodity in New Spain^ 
where Salt is fcarcc. 
California has been known near thefe two Centuries * 
and its Coaffs are famous for the Pearl Fifhery, which 
» has made the Europeans fo defirous of cffablifliing a 
Trade here. It is certain, if the King would ered a 
Fifhery here at his own Charge, he might draw great 
advantage from it. Nor do I doubt but that there are 
Mines to be found in feverai placesj if they were fought 
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