Netherbe better suited to this country than those from Holland ; they require also less trouble, expense and attention, for it is not necessary to look so much after the inferior stock, such as swine, in winter; but if done in some sort, whenever there is deep snow, 'twill be so much the better. Milch cows, also are much less trouble than in Holland, for, most of the time, or when necessity demands, a little hay is only occasionally thrown to them. The Wild animals here consist principally of lions,^ but thev are few; bears, orthewiid animals r ,.,, of which there are ,, many; elks, a great number of deer, some of which are and wliat thej are.

entirely white and others wholly black, but the latter are very rare. The Indians say that the white deer have a great retinue of other deer, by which they are

• Cougar or Panther. - In the early settlement of this state, thia animal was believed to be a lion." Natural History of New-York, part I., Mammalia, 48. -- Ed.

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regard to those that are black. There are, besides, divers other large animals in the interior, but they are unknown to Christians ; also, wolves, but dangerous only to small cattle; likewise beavers, otters, fishers, catamounts, foxes, racoons, minks, hares, muskrats about as large as cats, martens and squirrels, some of which can even fly there are, besides, woodchucks and divers other small ;