. Young folks library . , and a clear Demonstration ofthe Providence and Goodness of theAlmighty, who takes so par-ticular a Care of the meanestof his Creatures. There is no fierce Beastin all that Country thatdares attack Men; for theMechibichi, the most terri-ble of all, and who devoursall other Beasts whatsoever,runs away upon the Ap-proach of a Savage. TheHead of that Creature isvery hke that of the spot-ted Lynx, but somewhat bigger: his Body is long, andas tall as a wild-Goat, but his Legs are shorter; hisPaws are Hke a Cats-Foot; but the Claws are solong and strong, that no other Beast
. Young folks library . , and a clear Demonstration ofthe Providence and Goodness of theAlmighty, who takes so par-ticular a Care of the meanestof his Creatures. There is no fierce Beastin all that Country thatdares attack Men; for theMechibichi, the most terri-ble of all, and who devoursall other Beasts whatsoever,runs away upon the Ap-proach of a Savage. TheHead of that Creature isvery hke that of the spot-ted Lynx, but somewhat bigger: his Body is long, andas tall as a wild-Goat, but his Legs are shorter; hisPaws are Hke a Cats-Foot; but the Claws are solong and strong, that no other Beast can resist they have killd any Beast, they eat part ofit, and carry the rest upon their Back, to hide it inthe Woods; and I have been told that no otherBeast dare meddle with it. Their Skin is much hkethat of a Lion, as well as their Tail; but their Headis much bigger. The Savages gave us to understand that to theWestward of their Habitation, there are some Beastswho carry Men upon their Back, and shewd us the. Opossum. Niagara and the Mississippi 267 Hoof, and part of the Leg of one, which was certainlythe Hoof of a Horse; and surely Horses must not beutterly unknown in the Northern America: for thenhow coud the Savages have drawn upon the Rock Ihave mentiond, the Figure of that Animal ? They have in that Country all sorts of Trees wehave in Europe, and a great many other unknown tous. There are the finest Cedars in the World; andanother sort of Tree, from which drops a most fragrantGum, which in my Opinion exceeds our best Cotton-Trees are of a prodigious height; theSavages make them hollow with Fire, to make theirPyrogues; and we have seen some of them all ofa-piece, above an hundred Foot long. The Oak is sogood, that I believe it exceeds ours for Building have observd that Hemp grows naturally in thatCountry, and that they make Tar and Pitch towardthe Sea-Coasts; and as I dont question but that thereare some Iron-Mines, the Building of Men of
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