First, In the Summer season for these three months _Iune_, _Iuly_ and _August_, we are troubled much with little Flyes called Musketoes, being the same they are troubled with in _Linconshiere_ and the Fens: and they are nothing but Gnats, which except they be smoked out of their Howses are troublesome in the night season. Secondly, In the Winter season for two months space the Earth is commonly couered with Snow, which is accompanied with sharp biting Frosts, something more sharpe then is in old _England_, and therefore are forced to make great Fires. Thirdly, This Countrey being verie full of Woods and Wildernesses, doth also much abound with Snakes and Serpents of strange colours and huge greatnesse: yea there are some Serpents called Rattle Snakes, that haue Rattles in their Tayles that will not flye from a Man as others will, but will flye vpon him and sting him so mortally, that he will dye within a quarter of an houre after, except the partie stinged haue about him some of the root of an Hearbe called Snake weed to bite on, and then he shall receiue no harme: but yet seldome falles it out that any hurt is done by these. About three yeeres since an _Indian_ was stung to death by one of them, but we heard of none since that time. Fourthly and lastly, Here wants as yet the good company of honest Christians to bring with them Horses, Kine and Sheepe to make vse of this fruitfull Land: great pittie it is to see so much good ground for Corne and for Grasse as any is vnder the Heauens, to lye altogether vnoccupied, when so many honest Men & their Families in old _England_ through the populousnesse thereof, do make very hard shift to liue one by the other. Now, thus you know what _New-England_ is, as also with the commodities and discommodities thereof: now I will shew you a little of the Inhabitants thereof, and their gouernment. For their Gouernours they haue Kings, which they call _Saggamores_, some greater, and some lesser, according to the number of their Subiects. The greatest _Saggamores_ about vs can not make aboue three hundred Men, and other lesse _Saggamores_ haue not aboue fifteene Subiects, and others neere about vs but two. Their Subiects about twelue yeeres since were swept away by a great and grieuous Plague that was amongst them, so that there are verie few left to inhabite the Countrey. The _Indians_ are not able to make vse of the one fourth part of the Land, neither haue they any setled places, as Townes to dwell in, nor any ground as they challenge for their owne possession, but change their habitation from place to place.