| World history - 1763 - 536 pages
...tractable, that the Indians have been known to train them up to follow them like fo many dogs. The inftances of fagacity in thofe animals are wonderful ; and they...of it lies in its oil, which is proper for burning anH currying of leather. Thejr fkins make excellent coverings for trunks, and though not fo fine as... | |
| Virginia - 1763 - 502 pages
...tradable, that the Indians have been known to train them up to follow them like fo many dogs. The inflances of fagacity in thofe animals are wonderful ; and they...that a French author fays eight hundred of the young pnes have been taken in one day. Their flefh is good eating ; but the great profit of it lies in its... | |
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