A trip to New-England with a character of the country and people, both English and Indians.

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Title
A trip to New-England with a character of the country and people, both English and Indians.
Author
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.
Publication
London :: [s.n.],
1699.
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Subject terms
New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Anecdotes
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"A trip to New-England with a character of the country and people, both English and Indians." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A67528.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.

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Of the Raccoon.

It is a Creature about the bigness of a Cat, but of a different Species. Its 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.

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