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might be Recruited and Sav’d, and it would do the Wheat good also. Iadvis’d her likewise to Savc and carefully gather the Indian-Cern Tops andBladcs, and all her Straw, and whatsover could be made Fodder, for herCattel: for they get no Hay, (tho’ I was Urging her to that too, and toSow Samtfo'tn ; for being a Sandj Sotl, I am Confident !t would turn toa very good Account,) and litcie Fodder , but as they thlnk Corn beingmore Nourilhing, Feed them withtheir Indian Corn, which they give themMorning and Evening. Thus they spend a greac Quantity of Corn, andwhen all’s done, what signifies a or 3 Heads of Corn to a Beast in a Morn-ing ? It only makes them Lxnger about the Houles for more: and altersuch Sweet-Food they are not so apt to Brouze on the Trees, and theCourse Grass which the Country affords j so that their Guts Ihrink up,and they become Bellystot, as 'they call it. I advised therefore nerer togive them any thing in a Morning, whereby as soon as they were fet forthof the Cow-pens, they would fall a Feeding, and tho’ they fill’d their Bel-liesonly with such course Stuffas hadhttleNourilhment in it, yet ic wouldKeep Out their Bellies, and they would have a bettet Digestion-, and thenwhen they were comehome atNight, to Fodder them, beginning with Strawand their Coursest Fodder , which they wou/d learn to Eat by Degrees, be-säte they Tasted that that was more Delicate, and whilst their Digestion wasStrong, would yield them Nourißment to keep them still so ; afterward,when the Winter Pinch’d, their Eine Fodder then would stand them insteadj and hereby they might prelerve their WeakestCattle, by thesc Me-thods and help of the Wheat-patcb. She, (the Gentlewoman where I liv’d,)fcv’d all her Cattel, and lost not one in 2 Winters alter, that 1 stay’d there;besides Ihe sav’d aborc 20 Barrels of Corn, and a Barrel of Corn, is com-roonly wotth io Shilltngi. Nay further. The last Spring üieFed z Beasts,a Bullock and a Cow, Fat upon her Wheat, with the Addition only of a littleBoiPd Corn , and yet the Wheat was scarce Eat down enough.

But to return again to the Nature of the Earth. I have observ’d, that at5 or 6 Yards Deep, at the Breaks of some Banks, I have found Veins ofClay, admirable good to make Pots, Ptpes, or the likeand whereof I sup-pose the Indians make their Pipes, and Pots to Boil their Meat in, whichthey make very Handsomely, and which will endure the Fire much betterthan most Cructbles. I took of this Clay, Dry’d, Powder’d, and Sifted,Powder’d and Sifted Potsheards ; and Glast ; z parts, 2 parts, and one part,as I remember and therewith made a large Crucible , which was the bestI yet ever try’d in my Life: I took it once Red-Hot out of the Fire , andclapt it immediately into the Watet, and ic started not at all. The Coun-try abounds mightily with Iron-Ore, that as I have been astur’d by some uponTryal, has been found very good. There are Rocks thereofappear at thePrccipice of Hills, at the Foot whereof there runs a River fit for a Ferge,and there’s Wood enough to sopply it with Charcoal. As I have heard,there were formerly some Persons undertook the Work, and when they hadmade but a small Quantity of Iron, which prov’d very Good, the IndianMajfacre happen’d, and they being Higher seatedthan rhe then Inhabited

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