I Cannot Believe, These Are Natives Of The Country,
Any Otherwise Than That They Might Come From Aboard Some Wreck;
The Sea Not Being Far Off.
I was told of several that were upon
Bodies Island by Ronoak, which came from that Ship of Bodies;
but I never saw any.
However the Banks are no proper Abode of Safety,
because of the many Minxes in those Quarters. I carried over
some of the tame sort from England to South-Carolina,
which bred three times going over, we having a long Passage.
I turn'd them loose in a Plantation, and the young ones,
and some of the old ones bred great Maggots in their Testicles. At last,
the great Gust in September, 1700, brought a great deal of Rain,
and drown'd them all in their Holes. I intend to make a second Tryal of them
in North Carolina, and doubt not but to secure them.
{Elks.}
The Elk is a Monster of the Venison sort. His Skin is used
almost in the same Nature as the Buffelo's. Some take him
for the red Deer of America; but he is not: For, if brought and kept
in Company with one of that sort, of the contrary Sex, he will never couple.
His Flesh is not so sweet as the lesser Deers. His Horns exceed (in Weight)
all Creatures which the new World affords. They will often resort and feed
with the Buffelo, delighting in the same Range as they do.
{Stags.}
The Stags of Carolina are lodg'd in the Mountains.
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