America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the Nevv VVorld / Containing the Original of the Inhabitants, and the Remarkable Voyages Thither. The Conquest of the Vast Empires of Mexico and Peru, and Other Large Provinces and Territories, with the Several European Plantations in Those Parts. Also Their Cities, Fortresses, Towns, Temples, Mountains, and Rivers. Their Habits, Customs, Manners, and Religions. Their Plants, Beasts, Birds, and Serpents. With an Appendix, Containing, Besides Several Other Considerable Additions, a Brief Survey of What Hath Been Discover'd of the Unknown South-land and the Arctick Region.

by John Ogilby

Castled ith’ hollow of an aged Tree;

The skipping Squirrel, Rabbet, purblind Hare,

Immured in the self-same Castle are,

Lest red-ey’d Ferrets, wily Foxes should,

Them undermine, if Ramper’d but with Mold;

The grim-fac’d Ounce, and rav’nous howling Wolf,

Whose meagre Paunch sucks like a swallowing Gulph;

Black glittering Otters, and rich Coated Beaver;

The Civet-scented Musquash smelling ever.

Of such of these as are altogether unknown to us, take these brief Descriptions.