. The natural history of North-Carolina. With an account of the trade, manners, and customs of the Christian and Indian inhabitants. Illustrated with copper-plates, whereon are curiously engraved the map of the country, several strange beasts, birds, fishes, snakes, insects, trees, and plants, &c . he pollll Ml Flyins -<11*^*****^^ of North Carolina. 107. OF THE BEASTS. THE Buffelo, or wild Beef, is one of the largest wildBeasts that is yet known in these parts of America; ithath a Bunch upon its Back, and thick short Horns,bending forward. Pliny reporteth in the eleventh Book of hisNatural
. The natural history of North-Carolina. With an account of the trade, manners, and customs of the Christian and Indian inhabitants. Illustrated with copper-plates, whereon are curiously engraved the map of the country, several strange beasts, birds, fishes, snakes, insects, trees, and plants, &c . he pollll Ml Flyins -<11*^*****^^ of North Carolina. 107. OF THE BEASTS. THE Buffelo, or wild Beef, is one of the largest wildBeasts that is yet known in these parts of America; ithath a Bunch upon its Back, and thick short Horns,bending forward. Pliny reporteth in the eleventh Book of hisNatural History, that the Horns of one Bujfelos Head were solarge that they containd or held two Measures, calld Urnce,which is about eight Gallons. This Monster of the Woods sel-dom appears amongst the European Inhabitants, its chiefesthaunts being in the Savan7ias near the Mountains, or Heads ofthe great Rivers. Their Flesh is very course, and nothing tobe compared with our Beef, but their Calves are said to be ex-cellent good Meat, as in all probability they are: And it isconjecturd that these Bujfelos being mixd, and breeding withour tame Cattle, would much improve the Species for large-ness and Milk; for these Monsters (as I have been informd) O 2 weiffh o 108 The Natural Histoid weigh from IGOO to 2400 pounds Weight. They are a veryfierce Creature, an
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