{Heifers.} The Heifers Bring Calves
At Eighteen Or Twenty Months Old, Which Makes Such A Wonderful Increase,
That Many Of Our Planters, From Very Mean Beginnings, Have Rais'd Themselves,
And Are Now Masters Of Hundreds Of Fat Beeves, And Other Cattle.
{Veal.}
The Veal is very good and white, so is the Milk very pleasant and rich,
there being, at present, considerable Quantities of Butter and Cheese made,
that is very good, not only serving our own Necessities,
but we send out a great deal among our Neighbours.
{Sheep.}
The Sheep thrive very well at present, having most commonly two Lambs
at one yeaning: As the Country comes to be open'd, they prove still better,
Change of Pasture being agreeable to that useful Creature.
Mutton is (generally) exceeding Fat, and of a good Relish;
their Wool is very fine, and proves a good Staple.
{Horses.}
The Horses are well-shap'd and swift; the best of them would sell
for ten or twelve Pounds in England. They prove excellent Drudges,
and will travel incredible Journeys. They are troubled with
very few Distempers, neither do the cloudy-fac'd grey Horses go blind here,
as in Europe. As for Spavins, Splints, and Ring-Bones,
they are here never met withal, as I can learn. Were we to have
our Stallions and choice of Mares from England, or any other of a good Sort,
and careful to keep them on the Highlands, we could not fail
of a good Breed; but having been supply'd with our first Horses
from the neighbouring Plantations, which were but mean,
they do not as yet come up to the Excellency of the English Horses;
tho' we generally find, that the Colt exceeds, in Beauty and Strength,
its Sire and Dam.
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