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' In their March they keep a Direcl litte, generally from North Eaß to SouthWeß, and are innumerable Thousands in each Troop,which for the most p asCis a S quare: they March by Night,and in Twilight, and ly Still byday, Th edistance of the Lines they go in, is of Tome Ells, and Parallel to each other.If they meet any thing that might stop them, they avoid it not, tho’it were aFire, a Deep Well, a Torrent, Lakes, or Morafi, but witbout any Hesitatio * 1Venture through, and by that means, many "Thousands of them are Destroyed-If they be met Swimming over Lakes and be forced out of their Course the/presently Return into it again; when they are met in Woods or Fields andstopt, they set themsclves upon their Hinder Feet like a dog, and make a kifldof Barking or Squeeking Nofe, leapingupas High as a Man’s Knee, Defend"ing their Line as long as they can: and if at last they be Forced out of >bthey Creep into Hales , and fet up a Cry sbunding like Biabb, Biabb. The/never come into any House, nor meddle with any thing that is Man’s Mea c iifa House bappen to be in their Way, there they Stop rill theyDie,but througha Stack of Hay or Gern they will Eat their Way; when they March througha Meadow. , they endamage it much, by Rating the Boots of Grafs ; but if the/Encamp there by day they quite Spoil it,»nd make it look as if it were burnt,^strewed with ./flies. The Boots of' Grafs with Rotten Wood,and the Inficis inare their Ghief, if not only Food.

These Creatures are very Fruitful, yet their Breeding does not hinder thekMarch ; .for. some of them have been observed to Carry one ToungOnein the^Mouth , and another on their Back

It is reported that some Poor Laplandirs, have Eat . several of them,found their Flefh to Tafielike Squirrels: Dogs ,nd Cats Eatonly theand Birds of Frey only their Haart. Düring. tue Winter they lie Under th eSnow, and have their Breaihing Holes upon the Top of it, as Hares and oth erCreatures use to have. The Country People are very Glad of these Gu^,foretelling there will follow great .Plenty of Game, as of Fowl , Squirrels,

Cats, Foxes, &c. where of late Years there has been great Scarcity.: being t0 ®by some old People that these fort of Creatures were seen in Lapland, sb oUt <

2.0. or zo. Years before, and that thereupon they had Y^bundance of' ■■ Game, . .

E J .. . 2. These Mice are the seme with those called Mures Norwegici, defers

p ' 1 lz ‘ by Olaus Wortmus in his Museum.

-TfeRussian Wayefeurim Casto-

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CVI. Take Beaver Stones, and get the Alilk out of them as clcan ns /l)Ucan ; then set upon the Fire a Skillet or Kettle with Water, big enough tocontain theQuantity of Stones you have to Cure ; let the Water: Boil, P Utinto it half a Shovel-full of Clean Wood Afhes-, then tie the Stones togethftin Couples and put them into the Water, and let them Boil tnerein for haq.quarter of an Hour-, then take some Birch Bark and lay it ön the Fite,

Jet the Stones be well Smoaked over it for the Space of an Hour,utitil the/ are.well Dried in the Smoak ; then Hang them up in a Kitchen,or in the Air, ^Weck or more, unti'l they are perftclly Dry and Hard; afeer which they m a 7,be Packed up in a Cask, or otherwise, for Transportation. j. ^