Squirrels are so numerous in some years as considerably to injure corn ; and upwards of 2000 of them have sometimes been killed in a day, which is occasionally appointed for that purpose by the inhabitants j the most common kinds of them are the black, and the red ; the grey coloured being very scarce. Of reptiles, the most remarkable is the rattle-snake, which is seen mostly in the hilly country. Large numbers of pigeons frequent the country in spring and fall, of which a great many are caught by nets and shooting, and beds are sometimes made of their feathers. There are partridges and quails ; and wild fowl and fish are abundant in lake Ontario and the other lakes and in the rivers.

In reference to horses, those which have been raised in this country are very thriving. It has been supposed that this country is unfavourable to the raising of horses which are brought from other states, when they are put to feed on the natural pasture and herbage ; but it is reported that when they are well kept, and have salt sometimes given them, they are then as healthy as elsewhere. Oxen grow uncommonly large, frequently measuring from six and a half to seven feet and upwards, round the shoulders, and are mostly used for work, being very manageable, and perhaps most suitable for the working of new lands. A larger breed of horned cattle has lately been introduced, and is now raising. Sheep and hogs are very thriving. The growth of cattle is rapid, from the abundance of the herbage natural to the woods, and the excellence of the improved pasture ; and a cow commonly brings forth a calf at the age of twenty four months and frequently of twenty months.