This Country, in the North parts thereof, hath many Porcupines,[370] but I doe not finde the beast any way usefull or hurtfull.
Hedghoggs.
There are in those Northerne parts many Hedgehoggs, of the like nature to our English Hedghoggs.[371]
Conyes of severall sorts.
Here are greate store of Conyes[372] in those parts, of divers coloures; some white, some black, and some gray. Those towards the Southerne parts are very small, but those to the North are as bigg as the English Cony: their eares are very short. For meate the small rabbit is as good as any that I have eaten of else where.
Squirils of three sorts.
There are Squirils of three sorts,[373] very different in shape and condition; one[374] is gray, and hee is as bigg as the lesser Cony, and keepeth the woods, feeding upon nutts.
Another is red, and hee haunts our howses and will rob us of our Corne; but the Catt many times payes him the price of his presumption.
A Flying Squirill.