There were neither Horses, Bulls, Cows, Sheep, or Swine, in all the Country, before the coming of the _English_, as I have heard, and have much reason to believe. But now among the _English_ Inhabitants there are good store of Horses, though they are very negligent and careless about the Breed: It is true, there is a Law, that no Horse shall be kept stoned under a certain size, but it is not put in execution. Such as they are, there are good store, and as cheap or cheaper than in _England_, worth about Five Pounds apiece. They never Shoe them, nor Stable them in general; some few Gentlemen may be something more Curious, but it is very rare; yet they Ride pretty sharply, a Planter's Pace is a Proverb, which is a good sharp Hand-Gallop. The _Indians_ have not yet learned to Ride, only the King of _Pomonkie_ had got three or four Horses for his own Saddle, and an Attendant, which I think should in no wise be indulged, for I look on the allowing them Horses much more dangerous than even Guns and Powder. _Wild Bulls_ and _Cows_ there are now in the uninhabited Parts, but such only as have been bred from some that have strayed, and become Wild, and have propagated their kind, and are difficult to be shot, having a great Acuteness of Smelling. The common rate of a Cow and Calf is 50_s._ sight unseen, be she big or little, they are never very curious to examine that Point. Their _Sheep_ are of a middling size, pretty fine fleeced in general, and most Persons of Estate begin to keep Flocks, which hitherto has not been much regarded, because of the Wolves that destroy them; so that a piece of Mutton is a finer Treat, than either Venison, Wild-Goose, Duck, Wigeon, or Teal. _Elke_, I have heard of them beyond the Inhabitants, and that there was one presented to Sir _William Berkley_, which he sometime kept. _Deer_, there are abundance of brave Red Deer, so that a good Woodsman, as they call them, will keep a House with Venison; the _Indians_, they say, make Artificial sorts of Heads of Boughs of Trees, which they Consecrate to their Gods, and these they put on to deceive the Deer when they go a Shooting, or Hunting, as they call it, and by mimicking the Feeding of the Deer, they by degrees get within Shot. _Swine_, they have now in great abundance, Shoats or Porkrels are their general Food; and I believe as good as any _Westphalia_, certainly far exceeding our _English_. _Rackoone_, I take it to be a Species of a Monkey, something less than a Fox gray-hair'd, its Feet formed like a Hand, and the Face too has likewise the resemblance of a Monkeys, besides being kept tame they are very Apish: They are very prejudicial to their Poultry, as I remember.