He Seldom Appears
Amongst The English Inhabitants, His Chief Haunt Being
In The Land Of Messiasippi, Which Is, For The
Most part, a plain Country;
yet I have known some kill'd on the Hilly Part of Cape-Fair-River,
they
Passing the Ledges of vast Mountains from the said Messiasippi,
before they can come near us. {Two killed one year in Virginia
at Appamaticks.} I have eaten of their Meat, but do not think it so good
as our Beef; yet the younger Calves are cry'd up for excellent Food,
as very likely they may be. It is conjectured, that these Buffelos,
mixt in Breed with our tame Cattle, would much better the Breed
for Largeness and Milk, which seems very probable. Of the wild Bull's Skin,
Buff is made. The Indians cut the Skins into Quarters
for the Ease of their Transportation, and make Beds to lie on.
They spin the Hair into Garters, Girdles, Sashes, and the like,
it being long and curled, and often of a chesnut or red Colour.
These Monsters are found to weigh (as I am informed by a Traveller of Credit)
from 1600 to 2400 Weight.
{Bear.}
The Bears here are very common, though not so large as in Greenland,
and the more Northern Countries of Russia. The Flesh of this Beast
is very good, and nourishing, and not inferiour to the best Pork in Taste.
It stands betwixt Beef and Pork, and the young Cubs are a Dish
for the greatest Epicure living.
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