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thing of which they are equally fond, is given 
to each as an inducement for them to return 
again. In a short time the cattle become fa¬ 
miliar with the place, and having been accus¬ 
tomed from the first clay to return, they regu¬ 
larly walk to the farms every evening. 
In the interior parts of the Swamp large 
herds of wild cattle are found, most probably 
originally lost on being turned in to feed. 
Bears, wolves, deer, and other wild indigenous 
animals, are also met with there. Stories are 
common in the neighbourhood of wild men 
having been found in it, who were lost, it is 
supposed, in the Swamp when children. 
The Swamp varies very much in different 
parts; in some, the surface of it is quite dry, 
and firm enough to bear a horse; in others it 
Is overflowed with water; and elsewhere so 
miry that a man would sink up to his neck 
if he attempted to walk upon it; in the driest 
part, if a trench is cut only a few feet deep, 
the water gushes in, and it is fdled imme¬ 
diately. Where the canal to connect the 
water of Albemarle Sound with Norfolk is 
cut, the water in many places flows in from 
the sides, at the depth of three feet from the 
surface, in large stream's, without intermis¬ 
sion; in its colour it exactly resembles brandy, 
which is supposed to be occasioned by the 
roots of the juniper trees; it is perfectly clear 
