Our way (for they are very soveraign for Aches) is to make Mummy of them, that is, to salt them well, and dry them in an earthern pot well glazed in an Oven; or else (which is the better way) to burn them under ground for a day or two, then quarter them and stew them in a Tin Stewpan with a very little water.
{12} The Loone.
The Loone is a Water Fowl, alike in shape to the Wobble, and as virtual for Aches, which we order after the same manner.[41]
The Owl.
The Owl, Avis devia, which are of three kinds; the great Gray Owl with Ears, the little Gray Owl, and the White Owl which is no bigger than a Thrush.[42]
The Turkie Buzzard.
The Turkie Buzzard, a kind of Kite, but as big as a Turkie, brown of colour, and very good meat.[43]
What Birds are not to be found in New-England.
Now, by what the country hath not, you may ghess at what it hath; it hath no Nightingals, nor Larks, nor Bulfinches, nor Sparrows, nor Blackbirds, nor Mag{13}pies, nor Jackdawes, nor Popinjays, nor Rooks, nor Pheasants, nor Woodcocks, nor Quails, nor Robins, nor Cuckoes, &c.[44]