A trip to New-England with a character of the country and people, both English and Indians.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.
1699
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A trip to New-England with a character of the country and people, both English and Indians.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.
16 p.
[s.n.],
London :
1699.
First edition.
Attributed to Edward Ward. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.).
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A
TRIP
TO
NEW-ENGLAND
.
WITH
A
CHARACTER
OF
THE
Country
and
People
,
BOTH
English
and
Indians
.
LONDON
,
Printed
in
the
Year
,
1699.
A
TRIP
TO
New-England
,
&c.
BISHOPS
,
Bailiffs
,
and
Bastards
,
were
the
three
Terrible
Persecutions
which
chiefly
drove
our
unhappy
Brethren
to
seek
their
Fortunes
in
our
Forreign
Colonies
.
One
of
these
Bug-bears
,
I
confess
,
frighted
me
from
the
Blessings
of
my
own
dear
Native
Country
;
and
forc'd
me
to
the
Fatigue
of
a
long
Voyage
,
to
escape
a
Scouring
.
But
whether
Zeal
,
Debt
,
or
the
sweet
Sin
of
Procreation
,
begot
in
my
Conscience
those
Fears
,
which
hurried
me
a
great
many
Leages
beyond
my
Senses
,
I
am
as
unwilling
to
declare
to
the
World
,
as
a
Romish
Damsel
that
has
lost
her
Maiden-head
,
is
to
confess
her
Frailty
to
the
Priest.
For
many
Years
my
Mind
sat
as
Easie
in
my
Breast
,
as
an
Alderman
in
an
Elbow-Chair
,
till
the
Devil
envying
my
Felicity
,
flung
so
many
Crosses
and
Losses
in
my
way
,
that
every
Step
I
took
in
my
Occupation
,
I
was
timorous
of
Tumbling
.
I
thought
it
then
high
time
to
seek
for
Balm
,
but
finding
none
in
Gilead
,
I
was
mov'd
by
the
Spirit
of
Necessity
,
to
forsake
Ungodly
London
,
for
Religious
Boston
in
New-England
;
hoping
to
Purifie
my self
by
the
way
in
an
Ocean
of
Brine
,
That
when
I
got
thither
,
I
might
find
my
Condition
,
as
well
as
my
Conscience
,
in
a
tollerable
Pickle
,
fitted
for
the
Conversation
of
the
Saints
in
so
Holy
a
Land.
I
pack'd
up
my
Auls
in
order
for
my
Voyage
;
and
Embarked
the
Ship
the
Prudent
Sarah
,
at
Gravesend
,
who
was
weighing
Anchor
,
with
a
fair
Wind
for
the
Downs
,
That
I
had
no
leasure
to
step
back
to
London
to
satisfie
my
Creditors
;
but
,
like
a
Girl
that
's
Ravish'd
,
was
forc'd
,
with
a
very
good
will
,
to
do
that
which
I
intended
.
To
entertain
this
Merry
Town
,
with
an
exact
Iournal
in
Tarpaulin
Arabick
,
is
like
reading
the
Revelations
to
an
establish'd
Atheist
,
or
repeating
a
Welsh
Commedy
to
a
Highlander
.
I
shall
therefore
omit
all
such
accustomary
Fustian
,
and
divert
you
with
some
Thoughts
of
my
own
in
the
time
of
my
Passage
.
When
I
first
came
on
Board
,
I
fancy'd
a
Ship
to
be
like
a
Country
Village
with
two
or
three
May-poles
in
't
;
and
the
Fellows
running
about
Deck
in
Red
and
White-wastcoats
,
to
be
the
Young
Men
of
the
Town
engaged
in
a
match
at
Foot-ball
.
Sometimes
I
consider'd
them
as
a
Pack
of
Hounds
,
and
the
Pilot
to
be
the
Hunts-man
:
For
,
like
Dogs
upon
a
Scent
,
they
keep
a
heavy
Yelping
at
their
Business
;
but
in
every
interval
,
were
as
silent
as
a
Beagle
at
a
Loss
.
At
other
times
,
I
have
fancy'd
a
Ship
to
be
a
floating
Hive
,
instead
of
Bees
,
posses'd
by
Drones
,
who
make
more
T
—
d
than
Honey
.
A
Vessel
,
whilst
the
Pilot
is
on
Board
,
is
an
Emblem
of
Feeble
Monarchy
;
where
the
King
has
a
States-man
in
his
Dominions
Greater
than
himself
,
That
the
Prince
only
bears
the
Title
,
but
the
other
the
Command
.
A
Man
on
Board
cannot
but
be
thoughtful
on
two
Destinies
,
viz.
Hanging
and
Drowning
:
For
withinside
you
have
Rope
,
and
without
Water
enough
to
effect
either
.
So
that
it
often
put
me
in
mind
of
the
old
Proverb
,
The
Sea
and
the
Gallows
refuses
none
.
A
Commander
when
at
Sea
,
is
a
Marine
Deity
;
his
Will
is
his
Law
,
and
the
Power
of
Punishing
soly
in
his
own
hands
.
He
has
a
Wooden
World
at
his
Mercy
,
wherein
there
is
no
way
to
be
Happy
,
but
by
due
Obedience
:
For
he
that
knoweth
his
Masters
Will
,
and
doth
it
not
,
shall
be
beaten
with
many
Stripes
.
When
out
at
Sea
,
I
thought
the
World
was
Drown'd
,
because
no
Land
was
to
be
seen
.
The
Captain
and
his
Mess
,
I
compar'd
to
Noah
and
his
Family
;
but
as
for
the
rest
,
they
were
the
Beasts
of
the
Ark.
We
were
very
good
Christians
when
we
'd
nothing
else
to
do
:
All
Hands
in
a
Calme
to
Pray
or
Pick
Okum
;
but
to
work
in
a
Storm
,
serve
God
serve
Devil
.
Brandy
and
Tobacco
are
the
Soul
of
a
Seaman
;
he
that
wants
either
,
is
but
half
himself
;
and
he
that
has
neither
,
wants
every
thing
that
's
needful
;
and
must
,
in
his
own
defence
,
turn
Thief
or
Beggar
.
Mariners
,
like
Parsons
,
are
much
given
to
look
Upwards
;
but
never
consult
Heaven
beyond
the
Pole
,
or
the
Pointers
.
At
Sea
they
are
a
kind
of
Persians
,
trusting
to
the
Sun
,
Moon
and
Stars
for
Bodily
Salvation
.
They
seldom
take
notice
but
of
one
Miracle
since
Adam
,
and
that
is
of
Noah's
guiding
the
Ark
to
a
safe
Harbour
,
without
the
help
of
a
Sail
,
or
the
use
of
a
Rudder
:
Which
(
forgetting
Providence
)
they
urge
to
be
Impossible
.
A
foul
Wind
makes
scanty
Messes
;
for
it
's
a
chearful
saying
among
Seamen
,
Large
Wind
,
Large
Allowance
:
Starving
and
Drowning
being
to
them
equally
terrible
.
Facetious
Ignorance
is
an
excellent
Tallent
to
win
the
Captains
Favour
.
Reason
at
Sea
,
without
the
Rules
of
Navigation
,
is
as
dangerous
to
be
talk'd
as
Treason
:
For
nothing
galls
the
Ambition
of
a
Commander
more
,
Than
to
hear
any
Body
on
Board
seem
Wiser
than
himself
.
They
generally
bestow
their
Favours
,
as
Fortune
does
her
Benefits
,
as
if
both
their
Heads
were
in
a
Bag
;
and
for
want
of
Sense
or
Sight
,
choose
Dunces
for
their
Minions
,
and
Fools
for
their
Companions
:
Dreading
Ingenuity
,
and
slighting
Merit
.
Being
possitive
in
Errors
,
hateful
to
Instruction
,
proud
of
their
Ignorance
,
and
Wise
in
their
own
conceits
.
A
Violent
Storm
at
Sea
,
to
me
,
seem'd
the
Minute
resemblance
of
a
general
Conflagration
:
When
Jarring
Elements
for
Power
contended
;
and
angry
Heavens
belch'd
out
flakes
of
its
consuming
Fire
on
the
reflecting
Ocean
;
follow'd
with
dreadful
Claps
of
rending
Thunder
,
rattling
from
Cloud
to
Cloud
,
thro'
Rains
and
Hurricanes
,
till
the
Conquering
Wind
had
blown
his
Sable
Enemies
beneath
our
Horizon
,
and
clear'd
the
Skies
of
his
affrightening
Rivals
.
A
Calm
to
me
was
an
Effeminate
acquiescence
of
the
Elements
;
and
unpleasant
to
a
manly
disposition
:
The
World
look'd
as
if
Nature
was
a
Sleep
;
and
,
careless
of
her
charge
,
had
suffer'd
(
thro'
Neglect
)
the
whole
Universe
to
be
Idle
▪
I
could
compare
our
Ship
to
nothing
in
so
smooth
a
Sea
,
but
to
an
Egg
upon
a
Looking-glass
.
Idleness
at
Sea
is
the
worst
of
Slavery
;
and
he
that
has
nothing
to
do
,
is
Buried
Alive
in
a
Cabbin
instead
of
a
Coffin
.
With
these
sort
of
Cogitations
I
past
away
my
Time
,
being
tost
about
by
the
Waves
like
a
Dog
in
a
Blanket
,
till
we
got
Sight
of
the
Promis'd
Land
,
and
Arriv'd
at
our
desir'd
Port
,
Boston
.
Of
which
I
shall
first
proceed
to
give
you
an
Account
,
free
from
Prejudice
or
Partiality
.
Of
Boston
,
and
the
Inhabitants
.
On
the
South-west
side
of
Massachusets-Bay
,
is
Boston
;
whose
Name
is
taken
from
a
Town
in
Lincoln-shire
:
And
is
the
Metropolis
of
all
New-England
.
The
Houses
in
some
parts
joyn
as
in
London
.
The
Buildings
,
like
their
Women
,
being
Neat
and
Handsome
.
And
their
Streets
,
like
the
Hearts
of
the
Male
Inhabitants
,
are
Paved
with
Pebble
.
In
the
Chief
,
or
high
Street
,
there
are
stately
Edifices
,
some
of
which
have
cost
the
owners
two
or
three
Thousand
Pounds
the
raising
;
which
,
I
think
,
plainly
proves
Two
old
Adages
true
,
viz.
That
a
Fool
and
his
Money
is
soon
parted
;
and
,
set
a
Beggar
on
Horse-back
he
'll
Ride
to
the
Devil
,
for
the
Fathers
of
these
Men
were
Tinkers
and
Peddlers
.
To
the
Glory
of
Religion
,
and
the
Credit
of
the
Town
,
there
are
four
Churches
,
Built
with
Clap-boards
and
Shingles
,
after
the
Fashion
of
our
Meeting-houses
;
which
are
supply'd
by
four
Ministers
,
to
whom
some
,
very
justly
,
have
apply'd
these
Epithites
,
one
a
Scholar
,
the
Second
a
Gentleman
,
the
Third
a
Dunce
,
and
the
Fourth
a
Clown
.
Their
Churches
are
Independent
,
every
Congregation
,
or
Assembly
,
in
Eclesiastical
Affairs
,
being
distinctly
Govern'd
by
their
own
Elders
and
Deacons
,
who
in
their
Turns
set
the
Psalmes
;
and
the
former
are
as
busie
on
Sundays
,
to
excite
the
People
to
a
Liberal
Contribution
,
as
our
Church-Wardens
at
Easter
and
Christimas
,
are
with
their
Dishes
,
to
make
a
Collection
for
the
Poor
.
Every
Stranger
is
unavoidably
forc'd
to
take
this
Notice
,
That
in
Boston
,
there
are
more
Religious
Zealots
than
Honest-men
,
more
Parsons
than
Churches
,
and
more
Churches
than
Parishes
:
For
the
Town
,
unlike
the
People
,
is
subject
to
no
Division
.
The
Inhabitants
seem
very
Religious
,
showing
many
outward
and
visible
Signs
of
an
inward
and
Spiritual
Grace
:
But
tho'
they
wear
in
their
Faces
the
Innocence
of
Doves
,
you
will
find
them
in
their
Dealings
,
as
Subtile
as
Serpents
.
Interest
is
their
Faith
,
Money
their
God
,
and
Large
Possessions
the
only
Heaven
they
covet
.
Election
,
Commencement
,
and
Training-days
,
are
their
only
Holy-days
;
they
keep
no
Saints-Days
,
nor
will
they
allow
the
Apostles
to
be
Saints
,
yet
they
assume
that
Sacred
Dignity
to
themselves
;
and
say
,
in
the
Title
Page
of
their
Psalm-Book
,
Printed
for
the
Edification
of
the
Saints
in
Old
and
New-England
.
They
have
been
very
severe
against
Adultery
,
which
they
Punish'd
with
Death
;
yet
,
notwithstanding
the
Harshness
of
their
Law
,
the
Women
are
of
such
noble
Souls
,
and
undaunted
Resolutions
,
that
they
will
run
the
hazard
of
being
Hang'd
,
rather
than
not
be
reveng'd
on
Matrimony
,
or
forbear
to
discover
the
Corruption
of
their
own
Natures
.
If
you
Kiss
a
Woman
in
Publick
,
tho'
offer'd
as
a
Curteous
Salutation
,
if
any
Information
is
given
to
the
Select
Members
,
both
shall
be
Whip'd
or
Fin'd
.
It
's
an
excellent
Law
to
make
Lovers
in
Privat
make
much
of
their
time
,
since
open
Lip-Lechery
is
so
dearly
purchas'd
.
But
the
good
humor'd
Lasses
,
to
make
you
amends
,
will
Kiss
the
kinder
in
a
Corner
.
Publick
Kissing
,
and
single
Fornication
are
both
of
a
Price
;
for
which
Reason
the
Women
wisely
consider
▪
the
latter
may
be
done
with
more
safty
than
the
former
;
and
if
they
chance
to
be
Detected
,
and
are
forc'd
to
pay
the
Fine
,
they
are
sure
before-hand
of
something
for
their
Money
.
A
Captain
of
a
Ship
who
had
been
a
long
Voyage
,
happen'd
to
meet
his
Wife
,
and
kist
her
in
the
Street
;
for
which
he
was
fin'd
Ten
Shillings
,
and
forc'd
to
pay
the
Money
.
What
a
Happiness
,
thought
I
,
do
we
enjoy
in
Old-England
,
that
can
not
only
Kiss
our
own
Wives
,
but
other
Mens
too
without
the
danger
of
such
a
penalty
.
Another
Inhabitant
of
the
Town
was
fin'd
Ten
Shillings
for
Kissing
his
own
wife
in
his
Garden
;
and
obstinatly
refusing
to
pay
the
Money
,
endured
Twenty
Lashes
at
the
Gun
:
Who
,
in
Revenge
of
his
Punishment
,
Swore
he
would
never
Kiss
her
again
,
either
in
Publick
or
Private
.
And
at
this
rate
,
one
of
the
delightfulest
Customs
in
the
World
,
will
in
time
be
quit
thrown
out
of
Fashion
,
to
the
Old
Folks
satisfaction
,
but
to
the
Young
ones
Lamentation
,
who
love
it
as
well
in
New-England
,
as
we
do
in
the
Old.
A
Man
and
Woman
,
were
sentenc'd
to
be
Whip'd
for
the
like
offence
▪
he
being
order'd
Thirty
Lashes
,
and
she
Twenty
;
but
he
having
extorted
the
Kiss
from
her
,
was
so
Generous
to
Sollicit
the
Select
,
that
he
might
have
the
Fifty
,
and
the
Woman
to
be
excus'd
;
which
was
consented
to
accordingly
.
Every
Tenth
Man
is
chose
as
one
of
the
Select
,
who
have
Power
,
together
,
to
Regulate
and
Punish
all
disorders
that
happen
in
their
several
Neighbour-hoods
.
The
Penalty
for
Drunkenness
,
is
whiping
or
a
Crown
;
Cursing
or
Swearing
,
the
same
Fine
,
or
to
be
bor'd
thro'
the
Tongue
with
a
hot
Iron
:
But
get
your
Select
Member
into
your
Company
and
Treat
him
,
and
you
may
do
either
without
offence
;
and
be
as
safe
as
a
Parishoner
here
in
a
Tavern
in
the
Church-Wardens
Company
in
Sermon-time
.
A
couple
of
Deacons
Marching
along
the
Street
,
espied
a
Woman
in
a
corner
relieving
Nature
from
the
uneasiness
of
a
Burthen
she
could
keep
no
longer
,
one
of
them
cryed
out
to
tother
,
pointing
to
the
Stooping
object
,
Brother
,
Brother
,
what
a
Shameful
thing
,
what
a
Beastly
thing
is
this
?
I
Vow
,
Brother
,
this
is
a
thing
that
ought
to
be
Peep'd
into
.
The
other
being
a
more
sensible
Man
,
Prithee
Brother
(
said
he
)
do
thou
Peep
into
't
then
,
for
I
care
not
to
run
such
a
hazard
of
my
Eye-sight
.
Besides
(
said
he
)
the
thing
's
to
Deep
for
our
inspection
;
and
therefore
we
shall
only
be
laugh'd
at
for
meddling
with
the
matter
.
They
are
very
busie
in
detecting
one
anothers
failings
;
and
he
is
accounted
,
by
their
Church
Governers
,
a
Meritorious
Christian
,
that
betrays
his
Neighbour
to
a
Whipping-Post
.
A
good
Cudgel
apply'd
in
the
Dark
,
is
an
excellent
Medicine
for
a
Malignant
Spirit
.
I
knew
it
once
Experienced
at
Boston
,
with
very
good
success
,
upon
an
Old
rigged
Precisian
,
one
of
their
Select
,
who
used
to
be
more
then
ordinary
vigilant
in
discovering
every
little
Irregularity
in
the
Neighbour-hood
;
I
happening
one
Night
to
be
pritty
Merry
with
a
Friend
,
opposite
to
the
Zealots
dwelling
,
who
got
out
of
his
Bed
in
his
Wast-coat
and
Drawers
,
to
listen
at
our
Window
.
My
Friend
having
oft
been
serv'd
so
,
had
left
unbolted
his
Cellar
Trap-door
,
as
a
Pitfall
for
Mr.
Busie-Body
,
who
stepping
upon
it
,
sunk
down
with
an
Out-cry
like
a
distressed
Mariner
in
a
sinking
Pinnace
.
My
Friend
having
planted
a
Cudgel
ready
,
run
down
Stairs
,
crying
Thieves
,
and
belabour'd
Old
Troublesome
very
sevearly
before
he
would
know
him
.
He
crying
out
I
am
your
Neighbour
.
You
Lye
,
you
Lye
,
you
Rogue
,
says
my
Friend
,
my
Neighbours
are
Honest
Men
,
you
are
some
Thief
come
to
Rob
my
House
.
By
this
time
I
went
down
with
a
Candle
,
my
Friend
seeming
wonderfully
surpriz'd
to
see
't
was
his
Neighbour
,
and
one
of
the
Select
too
,
put
on
a
Counterfeit
Countenance
,
and
heartily
beg'd
his
Pardon
.
Away
troop'd
the
Old
Fox
,
Grumbling
and
Shruging
up
his
Shoulders
;
and
became
afterwards
the
most
Moderate
Man
in
Authority
in
the
whole
Town
of
Boston
.
A
little
Pains
sometimes
do
good
To
such
Cross
Knotty
Sticks
of
Wood.
Correction
is
the
best
Recept
,
To
set
a
Crooked
Temper
Streight
.
If
such
Old
Stubborn
Boughs
can
Bend
,
And
from
a
just
Chastisment
mend
,
Fond
Parents
pray
asign
a
Reason
,
Why
Youth
should
want
it
in
due
Season
?
The
Women
here
,
are
not
at
all
inferiour
in
Beauty
to
the
Ladies
of
London
,
having
rather
the
Advantage
of
a
better
Complexion
;
but
as
for
the
Men
,
they
are
generally
Meagre
;
and
have
got
the
Hypocritical
knack
,
like
our
English
Iews
,
of
screwing
their
Faces
,
into
such
Puritanical
postures
that
you
would
think
they
were
always
Praying
to
them selves
,
or
running
melancholy
Mad
about
some
Mistery
in
the
Revelations
:
So
that
't
is
rare
to
see
a
handsome
Man
in
the
Country
,
for
they
have
all
one
Cast
,
but
of
what
Tribe
I
know
not
.
A
Woman
that
has
lost
her
Reputation
,
hath
lost
her
Portion
,
her
Virginity
is
all
her
Treasure
:
And
yet
the
Merry
Lasses
esteem
it
but
a
Trifle
,
for
they
had
rather
,
by
far
,
loose
that
then
their
Teeming-time
.
The
Gravity
and
Piety
of
their
looks
,
are
of
great
Service
to
these
American
Christians
▪
It
makes
strangers
that
come
amongst
them
,
give
Credit
to
their
Words
.
And
it
is
a
Proverb
with
those
that
know
them
,
Whosoever
believes
a
New-England
Saint
,
shall
be
sure
to
be
Cheated
:
And
he
that
knows
how
to
deal
with
their
Traders
,
may
Deal
with
the
Devil
and
fear
no
Craft
.
I
was
mightily
pleas'd
one
Morning
with
a
Contention
between
two
Boys
at
a
Pump
in
Boston
,
about
who
should
draw
their
Water
first
.
One
Jostled
the
other
from
the
Handle
,
and
he
would
fill
his
Bucket
first
,
because
his
Master
said
Prayers
and
sung
Psalms
twice
a
Day
in
his
Family
,
and
the
others
Master
did
not
.
To
which
the
Witty
Knave
made
this
reply
,
Our
House
stands
backward
in
a
Court
:
if
my
Master
had
a
Room
next
the
Street
,
as
your
Master
has
▪
he
'd
Pray
twice
to
your
Masters
once
,
that
he
wou'd
,
and
therefore
I
'll
fill
any
Pail
first
,
Marry
will
I
;
and
did
accordingly
.
Some
Years
Ago
,
when
the
Factors
at
Boston
were
Credited
with
large
Stocks
by
our
English
Merchants
,
and
being
backward
in
their
Returns
,
and
more
in
their
Books
then
they
were
willing
to
satisfie
,
contriv'd
this
Stratagem
to
out-wit
their
Correspondents
.
As
't
is
said
,
They
set
Fire
to
their
Ware-houses
,
after
the
disposal
of
their
Goods
,
and
Burnt
them
down
to
the
Ground
,
pretending
in
their
Letters
,
they
were
all
undone
,
their
Cargos
and
Books
all
destroy'd
;
and
so
at
once
Ballanc'd
their
Accounts
,
with
England
.
One
of
their
Factors
,
who
had
three
or
four
Thousand
Pounds
worth
of
an
English
Merchants
Goods
in
his
Hands
,
sends
him
an
Account
of
this
Lamentable
Mischance
,
to
the
purpose
he
was
quite
Ruin'd
,
and
had
lost
all
but
a
small
Cheese
of
four
Pound
Weight
,
which
he
sent
him
for
a
present
.
The
Merchant
having
had
some
Intelligence
of
the
Roguery
of
his
Factor
,
invites
several
Eminent
Merchants
(
that
dealt
to
New-England
)
to
Dinner
with
him
,
who
came
accordingly
,
he
having
prepar'd
an
Extraordinary
Feast
to
entertain
them
.
They
mightily
condol'd
his
great
Loss
,
(
he
making
slight
of
it
)
and
blam'd
him
for
the
Extravagancy
of
his
Treat
,
after
he
had
sustain'd
so
considerable
a
Misfortune
.
Ah!
Gentlemen
,
says
he
,
this
is
nothing
to
what
I
have
provided
you
:
I
have
one
Dish
still
to
come
up
,
which
cost
me
between
three
and
four
Thousand
Pounds
;
and
,
notwithstanding
its
costliness
,
I
think
it
not
Good
enough
for
such
worthy
Company
.
The
Gentlemen
look'd
one
upon
another
,
and
thought
he
was
Frenzical
.
In
the
interim
,
up
came
his
New-England
Present
,
under
a
cover
.
That
's
the
Dish
,
says
the
Master
of
the
Feast
,
that
stood
me
in
so
many
Thousands
.
'T
is
but
a
small
Morsel
,
considering
the
Price
.
The
Company
all
wondering
of
what
delicates
the
Cook
must
have
compos'd
this
Extravagant
Kickshaw
,
lifted
up
the
Cover
,
and
finding
nothing
but
a
Cheese
,
laugh'd
as
heartily
at
their
Disapointment
,
as
the
Mob
in
the
Fable
at
the
Mountain-mouse
.
Then
he
continued
their
Mirth
by
unfolding
the
Riddle
:
And
Swore
,
if
ever
he
trusted
a
New-England
Saint
again
for
three
Pence
,
the
Devil
shou'd
have
a
Title
to
him
and
his
Heirs
for
half
the
Money
.
The
Ground
upon
which
Boston
(
the
Metropolis
of
New-England
)
stands
,
was
purchas'd
from
the
Natives
,
by
the
first
English
Proprietors
,
for
a
Bushel
of
Wampum-peag
and
a
Bottle
of
Rum
,
being
of
an
inconsiderable
Value
.
Therefore
the
Converted
Indians
,
(
who
have
the
use
of
the
Scriptures
)
cannot
blame
Esau
for
selling
his
Birth-right
for
a
mess
of
Porrage
.
The
Latitude
of
Boston
is
accounted
42
deg
.
30
Min.
North.
Its
Longitude
315
deg
.
And
is
very
commodiously
Seated
upon
a
Bay
,
large
enough
for
the
Anchorage
of
500
Sail
of
Ships
.
Of
the
Country
in
General
.
New-England
is
computed
to
begin
at
40
,
and
end
at
46
North
Latitude
;
Running
from
De-la-Ware-Bay
to
New-found-Land
.
The
Country
is
for
the
most
part
Wilderness
,
being
generaly
Rocky
,
Woody
and
Mountainous
,
very
rarely
Beautified
with
Valleys
,
but
those
Large
and
Rich
,
wherein
are
Lakes
thirty
or
forty
Miles
in
compass
,
from
whence
their
great
Rivers
have
their
beginnings
,
and
are
chiefly
Succour'd
.
There
are
many
Plantations
by
the
Sea-side
,
Situate
for
the
advantage
of
the
East
and
South
Winds
,
which
coming
from
Sea
produceth
,
warm
Weather
.
The
Nor-west
blowing
over
Land
,
causeth
extremity
of
Cold
;
and
very
often
strikes
both
Indian
and
English
Inhabitants
with
that
terrible
Distemper
,
called
,
the
Plague
in
the
Back
.
The
Country
,
by
its
Climate
,
is
always
troubled
with
an
Ague
and
Fever
;
As
soon
as
ever
the
Cold
fit
's
over
,
t
is
attended
with
a
Hot
:
And
the
Natives
themselves
,
whose
Bodys
are
Habituated
to
the
suddain
changes
,
from
one
Extream
to
another
,
cannot
but
confess
,
They
Freez
in
Winter
and
Fry
in
Summer
.
A
Ridg
of
White
Mountains
run
almost
thro'
the
Country
,
whereon
lies
a
remembrance
of
the
past
Winter
,
in
the
warmest
of
their
weather
,
An
Indian
at
the
sight
of
the
Snow
,
lodg'd
upon
the
Shoulders
of
these
Hills
,
will
Quake
at
Midsummer
:
For
they
love
Cold
like
a
Cricket
.
At
the
Top
there
is
a
large
Plain
,
ten
or
twelve
Leages
over
,
yielding
nothing
but
Moss
,
where
a
Man
may
walk
with
his
Mistress
,
in
the
height
of
his
Juvenality
,
and
not
entertain
one
Thought
of
attempting
her
Chastity
,
it
being
fatally
Cold
,
and
above
the
Clouds
;
and
would
have
been
a
rare
place
,
for
the
presumptious
Babilonians
to
have
Built
their
Tower
on
.
Plymouth
Plantation
was
the
first
English
Colony
that
settled
in
New-England
,
in
the
Year
1618.
Their
Habitations
,
at
their
going
on
Shore
,
being
empty
Hogs-heads
,
which
they
whelm'd
over
their
Heads
to
defend
themselves
from
the
cold
Damps
and
falling
Mischiefs
of
the
Night
.
Each
House
having
but
one
Window
,
and
that
's
the
Bung-hole
,
requiring
a
Cooper
instead
of
a
Carpenter
to
keep
their
Houses
in
repair
.
Their
Provision
(
till
better
acquainted
with
the
Country
)
being
only
Pumkin
,
which
they
Cook'd
as
many
several
ways
,
as
you
may
Dress
Venison
:
And
is
continued
to
this
Day
as
a
great
dish
amongst
the
English.
Pumpkin
Porrage
being
as
much
in
esteem
with
New-England
Saints
,
as
Ielly
Broth
with
Old-England
Sinners
.
Ten
Years
expired
,
before
any
other
Colonies
were
Planted
;
since
which
time
the
Possessions
of
the
English
are
so
greatly
improv'd
,
That
in
all
their
Colonies
,
they
have
above
a
Hundred
and
Twenty
Towns
,
And
is
at
this
Time
one
of
the
most
Flourishing
Plantations
belonging
to
the
English
Empire
.
There
is
a
large
Mountain
,
of
a
Stupendious
height
,
in
an
Uninhabitable
part
of
the
Country
,
which
is
call'd
the
Shining
Mountain
,
from
an
amaizing
Light
appearing
on
the
Top
,
visible
at
many
Leages
distance
,
but
only
in
the
Night
.
The
English
have
been
very
curious
in
examining
the
Reason
of
it
;
and
have
,
in
Bodies
,
with
great
Pains
and
Danger
,
attempted
a
rational
Discovery
of
this
Prodigy
to
no
purpose
:
For
they
could
not
observe
any
thing
upon
it
to
occasion
this
unusual
brightness
.
It
is
very
terrible
to
the
Indians
,
who
are
of
a
blind
Opinion
that
it
contains
great
Riches
,
and
the
Devil
lives
there
;
and
do
assert
,
That
when
any
of
them
ascend
this
place
,
they
are
met
by
something
in
the
figure
of
an
Old
Indian
,
that
commands
them
to
return
,
or
if
they
proceed
further
they
shall
Die
,
which
several
have
found
true
,
by
presuming
to
climb
higher
,
heedless
of
the
caution
.
Of
the
Native
English
in
General
.
The
Women
(
like
the
Men
)
are
excessive
Smokers
;
and
have
contracted
so
many
ill
habits
from
the
Indians
,
that
't
is
difficult
to
find
a
Woman
cleanly
enough
for
a
Cook
to
a
Squemish
Lady
,
or
a
Man
neat
enough
for
a
Vallet
to
Sir
Courtly
Nice
.
I
am
sure
a
Covent-Garden
Beau
,
or
a
Bell-fa
would
appear
to
them
much
stranger
Monsters
,
then
ever
yet
were
seen
in
America
.
They
Smoke
in
Bed
,
Smoke
as
they
Nead
their
Bread
,
Smoke
whilst
they
'r
Cooking
their
Victuals
,
Smoke
at
Prayers
,
Work
,
and
Exonoration
,
that
their
Mouths
stink
as
bad
as
the
Bowl
of
a
Sailers
Pipe
,
which
he
has
funk'd
in
,
without
Burning
,
a
whole
Voyage
to
the
Indias
.
Eating
,
Drinking
,
Smoking
and
Sleeping
,
takes
up
four
parts
in
five
of
their
Time
;
and
you
may
divide
the
remainder
into
Religious
Excercise
,
Day
Labour
,
and
Evacuation
.
Four
Meals
a
Day
,
and
a
good
Knap
after
Dinner
,
being
the
Custom
of
the
Country
.
Rum
,
alias
Kill
Devil
,
is
as
much
ador'd
by
the
American
English
,
as
a
dram
of
Brandy
is
by
an
old
Billingsgate
.
T
is
held
as
the
Comforter
of
their
Souls
,
the
Preserver
of
their
Bodys
,
the
Remover
of
their
Cares
,
and
Promoter
of
their
Mirth
;
and
is
a
Soveraign
Remedy
against
the
Grumbling
of
the
Guts
,
a
Kibe-heel
,
or
a
Wounded
Conscience
,
which
are
three
Epidemical
Distempers
that
afflict
the
Country
.
Their
Industry
,
as
well
as
their
Honesty
,
deserves
equal
Observation
;
for
it
is
practicable
amongst
them
,
to
go
two
miles
to
catch
a
Horse
,
and
run
three
Hours
after
him
,
to
Ride
Half
a
Mile
to
Work
,
or
a
Quarter
of
a
Mile
to
an
Ale-house
.
One
Husband-man
in
England
,
will
do
more
Labour
in
a
Day
,
then
a
New-England
Planter
will
be
at
the
pains
to
do
in
a
Week
:
For
to
every
Hour
he
spends
in
his
Grounds
,
he
will
be
two
at
an
Ordinary
.
They
have
wonderful
Appetites
,
and
will
Eat
like
Plough-men
;
tho
very
Lazy
,
and
Plough
like
Gentlemen
:
It
being
no
rarity
there
,
to
see
a
Man
Eat
till
he
Sweats
,
and
Work
till
he
Freezes
.
The
Women
are
very
Fruitful
,
which
shows
the
Men
are
Industrious
in
Bed
,
tho'
Idle
up
.
Children
and
Servants
are
there
very
Plenty
;
but
Honest-men
and
Virgins
as
scarce
as
in
other
places
.
Provisions
being
Plenty
,
their
Marriage-Feasts
are
very
Sumptious
.
They
are
sure
not
to
want
Company
to
Celebrate
their
Nuptials
;
for
its
Customary
in
every
Town
,
for
all
the
Inhabitants
to
Dine
at
a
Wedding
without
Invitation
:
For
they
value
their
Pleasure
at
such
a
rate
,
and
bear
such
an
affection
to
Idleness
,
that
they
would
run
the
hazard
of
Death
or
Ruin
,
rather
then
let
slip
so
Merry
a
Holy-day
.
The
Women
,
like
Early
Fruits
,
are
soon
Ripe
and
soon
Rotten
.
A
Girl
there
at
Thirteen
,
thinks
herself
as
well
Quallified
for
a
Husband
,
as
a
forward
Miss
at
a
Boarding-School
,
does
here
at
Fifteen
for
a
Gallant
.
He
that
Marrys
a
New-England
Lass
at
Sixteen
,
if
she
prove
a
Snappish
Gentlewoman
,
her
Husband
need
not
fear
she
will
bite
his
Nose
off
;
for
its
ten
to
one
but
she
hath
shed
her
Teeth
,
and
has
done
Eating
of
Crust
,
before
she
arrives
to
that
Maturity
.
It
is
usual
for
the
Men
to
be
Grey
at
Thirty
;
and
look
as
Shrivel'd
in
the
Face
,
as
an
old
Parchment
Indenture
pasted
upon
a
Barbers
Block
.
And
are
such
lovers
of
Idleness
,
That
they
are
desirous
of
being
thought
Old
,
to
have
a
better
pretence
to
be
Lazy
.
The
Women
have
done
bearing
of
Children
by
that
time
they
are
Four
and
Twenty
:
And
she
that
lives
un-Married
till
she
's
Twenty
Five
,
may
let
all
the
Young
Sports-men
in
the
Town
give
her
Maiden-head
chase
without
the
Danger
of
a
Timpany
.
Notwithstanding
their
Sanctity
,
they
are
very
Prophane
in
their
common
Dialect
.
They
can
neither
drive
a
Bargain
,
nor
make
a
Iest
,
without
a
Text
of
Scripture
at
the
end
on
't
.
An
English
Inhabitant
having
sold
a
Bottle
of
Rum
to
an
Indian
(
contrary
to
the
Laws
of
the
Country
)
was
detected
in
it
;
and
order'd
to
be
Lash'd
.
The
Fellow
brib'd
the
Whipster
to
use
him
tenderly
;
but
the
Flog-master
resolving
(
being
a
Conscientious
Man
)
to
do
his
Duty
Honestly
,
rather
punish'd
the
Offender
with
the
greater
severity
,
who
casting
a
sorrowful
look
over
his
Shoulder
,
Cry'd
out
,
the
Scripture
sayeth
,
Blessed
is
the
Merciful
Man.
The
Scourgineer
replying
,
and
it
also
says
,
Cursed
is
he
that
doeth
the
work
of
the
Lord
Negligently
:
And
for
fear
of
coming
under
the
Anathema
,
laid
him
on
like
an
unmerciful
Dog
,
till
he
had
given
him
a
thorough
Fellow-feeling
of
his
Cat
of
Nine-tailes
.
Their
Lecture-Days
are
call'd
by
some
amongst
them
,
Whore
Fair
,
from
the
Levity
and
Wanton
Frollicks
of
the
Young
People
,
who
when
their
Devotion
's
over
,
have
recourse
to
the
Ordinaries
,
where
they
plentifully
wash
away
the
remembrance
of
their
Old
Sins
,
and
drink
down
the
fear
of
a
Fine
,
or
the
dread
of
a
Whipping-post
.
Then
Vptails-all
and
the
Devils
as
busie
under
the
Petticoat
,
as
a
Iuggler
at
a
Fair
,
or
a
Whore
at
a
Carnival
.
Husking
of
Indian-Corn
,
is
as
good
sport
for
the
Amorous
Wag-tailes
in
New-England
,
as
Maying
amongst
us
is
for
our
forward
Youths
and
Wenches
.
For
't
is
observ'd
,
there
are
more
Bastards
got
in
that
Season
,
than
in
all
the
Year
beside
;
which
Occasions
some
of
the
looser
Saints
to
call
it
Rutting
Time.
Many
of
the
Leading
Puritans
may
(
without
Injustice
)
be
thus
Characteris'd
.
They
are
Saints
without
Religion
,
Traders
without
Honesty
,
Christians
without
Charity
,
Magistrates
without
Mercy
,
Subjects
without
Loyalty
,
Neighbours
without
Amity
,
Faithless
Friends
,
Implacable
Enemys
,
and
Rich
Men
without
Money
.
They
all
pretend
to
be
driven
over
by
Persecution
,
which
their
Teachers
Roar
out
against
in
their
Assemblies
,
with
as
much
bitterness
,
as
a
double
refin'd
Protestant
can
belch
forth
against
the
Whore
of
Babylon
:
Yet
have
they
us'd
the
Quakers
with
such
severity
,
by
Whipping
,
Hanging
,
and
other
Punishments
,
forcing
them
to
put
to
Sea
in
Vessels
without
Provision
,
they
flying
with
Gladness
to
the
Merciless
Ocean
,
as
their
only
Refuge
under
Heaven
,
left
to
escape
the
Savage
Fury
of
their
Vnchristian
Enemies
,
till
drove
by
Providence
upon
Rhoad-Island
(
so
call'd
from
their
accidental
discovery
of
it
in
their
Stroling
Adventure
)
which
they
found
full
of
Fruits
and
Flowers
,
a
Fertile
Soil
,
and
extreamly
Pleasant
,
being
the
Garden
of
America
;
where
they
happily
Planted
themselves
,
making
great
improvements
:
There
Live
and
Flourish
,
as
the
Righteous
,
like
a
Bay-Tree
under
the
Noses
of
their
Enemies
.
The
Clergy
,
tho'
they
Live
upon
the
Bounty
of
their
Hearers
,
are
as
rediculously
Proud
,
as
their
Communicants
are
shamefully
Ignorant
.
For
tho'
they
will
not
suffer
their
Unmannerly
Flock
to
worship
their
Creator
with
that
Reverence
and
Humility
as
they
ought
to
do
,
but
tell
them
't
is
Popery
to
uncover
their
Heads
in
the
House
and
Presence
of
the
Deity
;
yet
they
Oblige
every
Member
to
pay
an
humble
respect
to
the
Parsons
Box
,
when
they
make
their
offerings
every
Sunday
,
and
fling
their
Mites
into
their
Teacher●s
Treasury
.
So
that
the
Haughty
Prelate
exacts
more
Homage
,
as
due
to
his
own
Transcendency
,
than
he
will
allow
to
be
paid
to
Heaven
or
its
place
of
Worship
.
If
you
are
not
a
Member
in
full
Communion
with
one
of
their
Assemblies
,
your
Progeny
is
deny'd
Baptism
,
for
which
reason
,
there
are
Hundreds
amongst
them
,
at
Mans
Estate
,
that
were
never
Christened
.
All
Handicrafts-Men
may
live
here
very
well
,
except
a
Pick-pocket
;
of
all
Artificers
he
would
find
the
least
Encouragement
;
for
the
scarcity
of
Money
would
baulk
his
Tallent
.
An
Eminent
Planter
came
to
me
for
an
Ounce
of
Venice-treacle
,
which
I
would
have
sold
him
for
a
Shilling
;
he
protested
he
had
liv'd
there
Fifty
Years
,
and
never
see
in
the
whole
Term
,
Ten
Pounds
in
Silver-Money
of
his
own
;
and
yet
was
Rated
at
a
Thousand
Pounds
,
and
thought
the
Assessors
us'd
him
kindly
▪
But
gave
me
for
my
Medicine
a
Bushel
of
Indian-Corn
,
vallued
at
half
a
Crown
,
and
Vow'd
if
a
Shilling
would
save
his
Family
from
distruction
,
he
knew
not
how
to
raise
it
.
They
have
a
Charter
for
a
Fair
at
Salem
,
but
it
Begins
,
like
Ingerstone
Market
,
half
an
Hour
after
Eleven
a
Clock
,
and
Ends
half
an
Hour
before
Twelve
:
For
I
never
see
any
thing
in
it
but
by
great
Accident
,
and
those
were
Pumkins
,
which
were
the
chief
Fruit
that
supported
the
English
at
their
first
settling
in
these
parts
.
But
now
they
enjoy
plenty
of
good
Provisions
,
Fish
,
Flesh
and
Fowl
,
and
are
become
as
great
Epicures
,
as
ever
Din'd
at
Pontack's
Ordinary
.
Lobsters
and
Cod-fish
are
held
in
such
disdain
,
by
reason
of
their
Plenty
,
't
is
as
Scandalous
for
a
poor
Man
in
Boston
to
carry
one
through
the
streets
,
as
't
is
for
an
Alderman
in
the
City
of
London
,
to
be
seen
walking
with
a
Groatsworth
of
Fresh-Herrings
,
from
Billings-gate
to
his
own
House
.
There
were
formerly
amongst
them
(
as
they
themselves
Report
)
abundance
of
Witches
,
and
indeed
I
know
not
,
but
there
may
be
as
many
now
,
for
the
Men
look
still
as
if
they
were
Hag-ridden
;
and
every
Stranger
;
that
comes
into
the
Country
,
shall
find
they
will
Deal
by
him
to
this
Day
,
as
if
the
Devil
were
in
'
em
.
Witchcraft
they
Punish'd
with
Death
,
till
they
had
Hang'd
the
best
People
in
the
Country
,
and
Convicted
the
Culprit
upon
a
single
Evidence
:
So
that
any
prejudic'd
person
,
who
bore
Malice
against
a
Neighbour
,
had
an
easie
method
of
removing
their
Adversary
.
But
since
,
upon
better
consideration
,
they
have
Mitigated
the
severity
of
that
unreasonable
Law
,
there
has
not
been
one
accused
of
Witchcraft
,
in
the
whole
Country
.
Many
are
the
Bug-bear
storys
reported
of
these
suppos'd
Negromancers
,
but
few
Believ'd
,
tho'
I
presume
none
True
,
yet
all
Collected
and
already
Printed
,
I
shall
therefore
omit
the
relating
of
any
.
They
have
one
very
wholesome
Law
,
which
would
do
mighty
well
to
be
in
force
in
Old-England
;
which
is
a
Peculiar
method
they
have
of
Punishing
Scolds
.
If
any
Turbulent
Woman
be
Troubled
with
an
unruly
Member
,
and
uses
it
to
the
Defamation
of
any
Body
,
or
disquiet
of
her
Neighbours
,
upon
Complaint
,
she
is
order'd
to
be
Gag'd
and
set
at
her
own
Door
as
many
Hours
as
the
Magistrates
shall
think
fit
,
there
to
be
gaiz'd
at
by
all
Passengers
till
the
time
's
expired
.
Which
,
to
me
▪
seems
the
most
Equitable
Law
imaginable
to
Punish
more
particularly
that
Member
which
committed
the
Offence
.
Whipping
is
a
Punishment
so
Practicable
in
this
Country
,
upon
every
slight
Offence
,
that
at
a
Town
upon
the
Sound
,
call'd
New-Haven
,
the
People
do
confess
,
that
all
the
Inhabitants
of
that
Place
,
above
the
Age
of
Fourteen
,
had
been
Whip'd
for
some
Misdemeanour
or
other
(
except
two
)
the
Minister
and
the
Iustice.
Of
the
Beasts
.
They
have
most
sort
of
Four-footed
Beasts
that
we
have
here
,
only
something
different
in
either
Sise
or
Colour
,
but
of
the
same
Species
.
I
shall
only
mention
those
which
are
Natives
of
that
Country
,
and
to
us
uncommon
;
for
to
Treat
of
Creatures
dayly
to
be
seen
,
or
heard
of
in
our
own
Climate
,
will
afford
the
Reader
but
little
Satisfaction
.
First
of
the
Moos-Deer
.
Of
all
the
Creatures
that
inhabit
these
parts
of
America
,
the
Moos-deer
makes
the
most
Noble
figure
:
He
is
shap'd
like
an
English
Deer
,
only
round
Footed
;
but
of
a
stately
Stature
,
seldom
so
low
as
the
biggest
of
our
Oxen.
His
Head
fortified
with
Horns
proportionable
,
whose
Palms
are
very
broad
,
full
of
indented
branches
,
and
are
commonly
two
Fathom
distance
from
Tip
to
Tip.
His
Flesh
is
not
dry
,
like
Venison
,
but
moist
and
Lushious
;
extreamly
palatable
,
and
very
wholesome
.
The
flesh
of
their
Fawns
,
is
also
delicious
Food
;
highly
commended
by
all
such
who
are
more
than
ordinary
Nice
in
obliging
their
Voluptuous
Appetites
.
There
is
much
said
by
the
Phisicians
of
that
Country
concerning
the
Excellent
Virtues
of
the
Horn
of
this
Creature
:
Being
look'd
upon
as
an
incomparable
Restorative
against
all
inward
weaknesses
;
and
in
all
Cases
where
Harts-honn
is
prescrib'd
,
the
Moos-horn
they
look
upon
to
be
a
far
better
Medicine
;
half
the
Quantity
being
more
powerful
in
effect
.
Of
the
Bear.
The
Bears
that
Inhabit
this
part
of
America
,
are
generally
of
a
blackish
Colour
during
the
Winter
season
,
which
is
much
colder
than
in
England
.
They
defend
themselves
from
the
hardship
of
the
weather
,
by
retiring
into
Caves
,
where
they
continue
for
about
four
Months
;
in
which
time
their
Snows
are
pretty
well
dissolv'd
,
and
the
severity
of
their
Frost
over
.
They
are
commonly
very
Fat
in
the
fall
of
the
Leaf
,
by
feeding
upon
Acorns
,
at
which
time
the
Indians
destroy
a
great
many
;
looking
upon
'em
then
to
be
incomparable
Venison
:
But
the
Head
,
I
believe
,
is
but
a
sorry
dish
,
because
they
hold
the
Brains
to
be
Venomous
.
They
are
very
fierce
in
Rutting-time
;
and
then
walk
the
Country
round
,
thirty
or
forty
in
a
Company
,
making
a
hedious
roaring
,
which
may
be
heard
a
Mile
or
two
before
they
come
near
enough
to
endanger
a
Traveller
.
They
will
never
injure
a
Man
at
any
other
time
of
the
Year
,
except
you
attempt
to
hurt
them
first
;
But
if
you
Shoot
at
one
,
and
miss
him
,
he
will
certainly
destroy
you
;
which
makes
the
Indians
sure
of
their
Mark
before
ever
they
discharge
their
Piece
.
Their
Skins
they
sell
to
the
English
,
but
the
Flesh
they
Cook
sundry
ways
,
Salting
and
Drying
some
,
of
which
they
make
extraordinary
Bacon
,
no
Hogs-flesh
in
the
world
being
more
pleasant
to
the
Eye
,
grateful
to
the
Tast
,
or
agreeable
to
the
Appetite
.
Of
the
Raccoon
.
It
is
a
Creature
about
the
bigness
of
a
Cat
,
but
of
a
different
Species
.
It
s
Furr
is
of
a
dark
colour
,
and
in
good
esteem
,
tho'
something
course
.
He
is
of
an
Owlish
disposition
;
and
chooses
for
his
Mansion-house
a
Hollow-Tree
.
They
are
meer
Gluttons
at
Indian-Corn
;
and
feed
themselves
in
Autumn
very
fat
.
Their
flesh
is
dark
,
like
Venison
;
and
accounted
good
Food
Roasted
.
Of
the
Wild-Cat
,
Which
the
Indians
call
the
Ounce
.
T
is
as
tall
as
an
English
Bull-dog
;
and
as
fierce
.
Their
manner
of
Preying
,
is
to
climb
a
Tree
,
and
drop
from
the
Branches
upon
the
Back
of
Horse
,
Cow
,
Deer
,
or
any
Creature
that
is
feeding
under
it
;
clinging
close
with
their
Tallons
,
knawing
a
great
hole
between
the
Shoulders
of
the
Beast
,
who
runs
full
speed
till
he
drops
down
Dead
,
and
becomes
a
prey
to
his
subtile
Enemy
.
Their
Flesh
Roasted
,
is
as
good
as
Lamb
,
and
as
white
.
Of
the
Porcupine
.
This
is
a
very
peevish
,
also
a
dangerous
Creature
;
being
the
height
of
an
ordinary
Mungril
,
but
in
shape
like
an
Hedge-hog
,
arm'd
all
over
with
mischievous
Darts
,
as
a
Hemp-dressers
Comb
with
Teeth
;
which
he
exercises
with
as
much
Art
as
an
old
Soldier
does
his
Pike
,
charging
them
according
as
you
Attack
him
,
to
the
Right
,
Left
,
Front
,
or
Rear
,
which
they
will
Shoot
at
their
Enemies
a
considerable
distance
;
and
wherever
they
Stick
in
the
Flesh
,
if
you
pluck
them
not
out
presently
,
they
will
work
thro'
.
The
Indians
use
these
Quills
to
adorn
their
Birchen
Dishes
.
The
Flesh
they
do
not
Eat
.
Of
the
Beaver
.
This
is
an
Amphibeous
Creature
,
rather
larger
than
an
Otter
,
Hairy
all
over
but
his
Tail
,
which
is
Scaly
like
a
Fish
;
and
is
of
an
admirable
Instinct
,
as
is
observ'd
by
their
artificial
Dam-heads
,
by
which
,
in
dry
Seasons
,
they
raise
the
Water
to
their
Houses
,
when
the
Pond
,
upon
whose
brinks
they
dwell
,
is
sunk
from
it's
usual
Edges
.
Their
Nests
or
Burrow
which
they
make
,
are
three
Stories
high
,
that
in
case
excessive
Rains
should
over-flow
their
first
and
second
Floor
,
they
may
mount
into
their
Garrets
,
there
Sleep
in
a
dry
Skin
till
the
Floods
abated
.
They
have
two
pair
of
Testacles
,
one
soft
and
Oily
;
and
the
other
pair
hard
or
solid
.
The
Women
dry
the
latter
,
and
grate
them
into
Wine
,
to
further
Generation
,
remove
the
causes
of
Barrenness
,
prevent
Miscarriages
,
and
to
strengthen
Nature
against
,
and
also
moderate
the
Pains
of
Delivery
.
They
Eat
no
part
of
this
Creature
but
the
Tail
,
which
they
flea
and
boil
,
accounting
it
rare
Victuals
.
It
's
very
Fat
,
and
Eats
like
Marrow
,
being
an
excellent
Supper
for
a
Bride-groom
,
or
good
Food
for
that
unhappy
Man
who
has
Marry'd
a
Wife
much
Younger
than
himself
:
Of
their
Furr
,
mix'd
with
Coney-wooll
,
they
make
your
Beaver-hats
.
Of
the
Jackall
.
These
are
very
numerous
in
New-England
.
They
are
the
colour
of
a
Grey
Rabbit
;
something
less
than
a
Fox
,
having
much
the
same
Scent
,
but
not
so
strong
.
This
is
the
Creature
reported
to
hunt
the
Lyons
prey
,
which
make
some
suspect
there
are
Lyons
,
but
there
never
was
but
one
seen
as
we
have
any
account
of
;
and
that
was
shot
by
an
Indian
,
with
Bow
and
Arrow
,
Sixty
Years
ago
,
as
he
lay
Dormant
upon
the
Body
of
an
Oak
,
by
a
Hurricane
blown
up
by
the
Roots
.
The
Iackall
is
sometimes
Eaten
by
the
Indians
.
Wolves
there
are
abundance
,
of
two
sorts
,
one
like
a
Mungril
,
which
kills
Goats
,
Sheep
,
&c.
And
the
other
shap'd
like
a
Grey-hound
,
which
preys
upon
Deer
.
They
are
very
shy
and
difficult
to
be
Shot
or
Trap'd
.
Their
manner
of
distroying
them
,
being
by
four
Maycril-hooks
,
which
they
bind
together
,
with
their
Beards
revers'd
,
then
hide
them
with
a
Ball
of
Tallow
,
and
tie
it
to
the
Carkass
of
any
thing
they
have
just
kill'd
,
from
which
you
have
scar'd
them
,
and
when
he
comes
to
make
up
his
Meale
,
being
a
lover
of
Fat
,
he
certainly
takes
your
Bait
,
and
becomes
your
Prisoner
.
Besides
what
I
have
above
mentioned
,
they
have
a
great
deal
of
good
Provisions
,
as
Beef
,
Mutton
,
Kid
,
Swines-Flesh
,
&c.
Also
great
Plenty
both
of
Fish
and
Fowl
;
the
Particulars
being
too
large
to
Treat
of
in
so
Brief
an
Account
.
Of
the
Indians
,
and
first
of
the
Men.
They
are
generally
of
a
comely
Stature
,
grave
Disposition
,
deliberate
in
their
Talk
,
and
courteous
in
their
Carriage
,
quick
of
Apprehension
,
very
Ingenious
,
Subtile
,
Proud
and
Lazy
.
There
is
nothing
they
Value
so
much
as
Liberty
and
Ease
.
They
will
not
become
Servil
upon
any
Terms
whatsoever
,
or
abridge
their
Native
Freedom
,
with
either
Work
or
Confinement
,
to
gain
the
Universe
:
For
they
neither
covet
Riches
,
or
dread
Poverty
:
But
all
seem
Content
with
their
own
Conditions
,
which
are
in
a
manner
Equal
.
For
these
four
Virtues
they
are
very
Eminent
,
viz.
Loyal
to
their
Kings
,
Constant
to
their
Wives
,
Indulgent
to
their
Children
,
and
Faithful
to
their
Trust.
For
nothing
will
tempt
them
to
offer
Violence
to
their
Sagamore
,
to
abuse
their
Squawes
,
use
Soverity
with
their
Papooses
,
or
betray
a
Secret
;
rather
chusing
to
die
then
do
either
.
They
call
themselves
Hunters
;
and
are
very
dexterous
at
the
use
of
either
Gun
or
Bow
,
by
the
excercise
of
which
;
they
maintain
themselves
and
Families
.
They
acknowledge
a
God
,
whom
they
Worship
for
his
Benefits
.
They
believe
a
Devil
,
whom
they
Adore
thro'
Fear
.
And
have
a
Blind
Notion
of
Futurity
,
which
appears
by
their
manner
of
Interring
their
Dead
,
with
whom
they
bury
his
Bow
,
Gun
,
with
Provisions
for
his
Journy
into
a
better
Country
;
but
where
or
what
it
is
they
know
not
.
Upon
the
breaking
out
of
a
War
,
or
such
extraordinary
Occasions
,
as
the
old
Romans
consulted
their
Oracles
,
so
do
the
Indians
their
Pawaws
,
which
are
a
kind
of
Wizards
:
And
at
a
General
Pawawing
,
the
Country
a
Hundred
Miles
round
assemble
themselves
in
a
Body
;
and
when
they
are
thus
met
,
they
kindle
a
large
Fire
,
round
which
the
Pawaw
walks
,
and
beats
himself
upon
his
Breast
,
muttering
out
a
strange
sort
of
intricate
Jargon
,
till
he
has
Elivated
himself
into
so
great
an
Agony
,
that
he
falls
down
by
the
Fire
in
a
Trance
;
during
which
time
,
the
Sagamores
ask
him
what
they
have
a
mind
to
know
:
After
which
,
he
is
convey'd
thro'
the
Fire
,
in
the
same
posture
that
he
lies
,
by
a
Power
invisible
,
in
the
sight
of
the
Spectators
;
then
awakes
,
and
Answers
the
several
Questions
ask'd
by
their
Kings
or
Sachems
.
The
chiefest
Vice
amongst
them
is
Drunkenness
,
which
(
to
the
Reputation
of
Christianity
)
they
learn'd
of
the
English
:
And
are
so
greedy
of
being
Drunk
,
when
they
have
purchas'd
any
Rum
,
that
if
they
have
not
enough
to
Fuddle
their
whole
Society
,
they
draw
Cuts
who
shall
Drink
,
till
it
falls
into
the
hands
of
so
few
,
they
may
be
sure
to
have
their
Bellies
full
.
When
they
get
Drunk
they
are
very
Mischievous
one
to
another
:
But
are
never
known
to
offer
any
Indignity
to
their
Kings
,
who
are
Hail
Fellow
well
met
with
his
Subjects
.
Their
Garments
are
Mantles
,
about
the
bigness
of
a
Cradle-Rug
,
made
of
course
English
Cloth
,
which
they
call
a
Coat
.
They
also
have
a
piece
of
the
same
Cloth
,
about
six
Inches
wide
,
between
their
Legs
,
tuck'd
under
a
Deer's-Skin
Belt
,
to
hide
their
Privities
,
by
them
call'd
Breeches
.
Adorning
themselves
with
Beads
of
several
Colours
,
of
their
own
making
.
Their
Heads
,
Breast
,
Legs
and
Thighs
being
bare
.
Sometimes
,
for
their
Children
,
they
Weave
Coates
of
Turky
Feathers
.
Their
Houses
they
call
Wigwams
;
and
are
built
with
bended
Poles
,
after
the
fashion
of
our
Arbours
,
cover'd
with
Bark
of
Trees
,
and
lin'd
with
Mats
they
make
of
Rushes
,
leaving
a
hole
at
top
for
a
Smoke-vent
,
kindling
their
Fires
in
the
middle
of
their
Wigwams
.
Their
Lodging
is
upon
Hurdles
,
rais'd
from
the
Ground
with
Wooden
Stumps
.
Of
their
Women
.
Their
Squaws
when
Young
,
are
generally
round
Visage'd
,
well
Feitur'd
,
Plump
,
and
Handsome
;
black-Eyed
,
with
Alabaster
Teeth
,
a
Satin
Skin
,
and
of
excellent
proportion
;
with
tolerable
Complections
,
which
they
injure
much
with
Red-lead
and
Bears-grease
,
being
so
silly
to
believe
it
gives
an
advantage
to
their
Beauty
.
They
are
extreamly
Modest
when
Virgins
;
very
Continent
when
Wives
,
Obedient
to
their
Husbands
,
and
tender
Mothers
to
their
Children
.
From
whom
our
English
Ladies
might
learn
those
Virtues
,
which
would
heighthen
their
Charms
,
and
Illusterate
their
Perfection
beyound
the
Advantages
of
gaudy
Dresses
.
They
are
much
in
the
Condition
of
our
first
Parents
;
having
a
little
more
than
a
Fig-leaf
to
hide
their
Nakedness
:
Yet
the
modestty
of
their
deportment
,
makes
it
not
look
like
Impudence
but
Necessity
.
They
carry
their
Children
at
their
Backs
,
lac'd
to
a
Board
in
the
form
of
a
Boot-jack
:
which
is
said
to
be
the
reason
their
Children
are
never
Rickety
,
or
shall
you
ever
see
a
Bandy-leg'd
or
Crooked
Indian
.
Of
their
Food
.
Their
Diet
is
Fish
,
Fowl
,
Bear
,
Wild-cat
,
Raccoon
,
Deer
,
Oysters
,
Lobsters
roasted
or
dry'd
in
Smoke
,
Lampres
,
Moot-tongues
dry'd
,
which
they
esteem
a
dish
for
a
Sagamore
.
With
hard
Eggs
Pulveriz'd
,
they
thicken
their
Broth
;
Indian-Corn
and
Kidney-Beans
boil'd
,
Earth-Nuts
,
Chest-Nuts
,
Lilly-Roots
,
Pumpkins
,
Milions
,
and
divers
sorts
of
Berries
;
Cook'd
after
various
manners
.
Their
Distempers
are
,
Quinsies
,
Pleurisies
,
Sciatica
,
Head-Ach
,
Palsey
,
Dropsie
,
Worms
,
Cancer
,
Pestilent
Fever
and
Scurvy
;
For
all
which
Diseases
,
the
Indians
are
Incomparable
Physicians
:
Being
well
skill'd
in
the
Nature
of
Herbs
and
Plants
of
that
Country
.
But
the
English
will
not
make
use
of
them
,
because
their
Ministers
have
infus'd
this
Notion
into
'em
,
That
what
they
do
,
is
by
the
Power
of
the
Devil
.
FINIS
.