I Knew An Island,
Which Was Possess'd By These Vermine, Unknown To The Planter,
Who Put Thereon A Considerable Stock Of Swine; But Never Took One Back;
For The Wild Cats Destroy'd Them All.
He takes most of his Prey by Surprize,
getting up the Trees, which they pass by or under, and thence leaping
directly upon them.
Thus he takes Deer (which he cannot catch by running)
and fastens his Teeth into their Shoulders and sucks them.
They run with him, till they fall down for want of strength,
and become a Prey to the Enemy. Hares, Birds, and all he meets,
that he can conquer, he destroys. The Fur is approv'd to wear
as a Stomacher, for weak and cold Stomachs. They are likewise used
to line Muffs, and Coats withal, in cold Climates.
{Wolf.}
The Wolf of Carolina, is the Dog of the Woods. The Indians had
no other Curs, before the Christians came amongst them.
They are made domestick. When wild, they are neither so large, nor fierce,
as the European Wolf. They are not Man-slayers; neither is any Creature
in Carolina, unless wounded. They go in great Droves in the Night,
to hunt Deer, which they do as well as the best Pack of Hounds.
Nay, one of these will hunt down a Deer. They are often so poor,
that they can hardly run. When they catch no Prey, they go to a Swamp,
and fill their Belly full of Mud; if afterwards they chance
to get any thing of Flesh, they will disgorge the Mud, and eat the other.
When they hunt in the Night, that there is a great many together,
they make the most hideous and frightful Noise, that ever was heard.
The Fur makes good Muffs.
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