them off with a reed cut flat and sharp in the fashion
of a knife. But this is so troublesom, and they come on again so fast
and so numerous, that it is not worth their while: and generally they
suffer them to bite and remain on their Legs during their Journey;
and they do the more patiently permit them, because it is so wholsome
for them. When they come to their Journeys end they rub all their
Legs with ashes, and so clear themselves of them at once: but still
the blood will remain dropping a great while after. But they are most
annoyed by them when they go out to stool a-Nights, being small and
of the colour of their bodies, so that they can neither see nor feel
to pull them off. And these, tho they be in such quantities in some
of these Countreys, yet in others there are none at all, nor ever
were known to have been. But besides these, there are Water Leaches
the same with ours.

[Apes and Monkeys of divers kind.] Monkeys. Of which there are
abundance in the Woods, and of divers sorts, some so large as our
English Spaniel Dogs, of a darkish gray colour, and black faces,
with great white beards round from ear to ear, which makes them shew
just like old men. There is another sort just of the same bigness,
but differ in colour, being milk white both in body and face, having
great beards like the others; of this sort of white ones there
is not such plenty. But both these sorts do but little mischief,
keeping in the Woods, eating onely leaves and buds of Trees, but
when they are catched, they will eat any thing. This sort they call
in their Language, Wanderows. There is yet another sort of Apes,
of which there is great abundance, who coming with such multitudes
do a great deal of mischief to the Corn, that groweth in the Woods,
so that they are fain all the day long to keep Watch to scare them
out: and so soon as they are gone to fray them away at one end of
the Field; others who wait for such an opportunity come skipping in
at the other; and before they can turn, will fill both bellies and
hands full, to carry away with them; and to stand all round to guard
their Fields is more than they can do. This sort of Monkeys have
no beards, white faces, and long hair on the top of their heads,
which parteth and hangeth down like a mans. These are so impudent
that they will come into their Gardens, and eat such Fruit as grows
there. They call these Rillowes. The flesh of all these sorts of Apes
they account good to eat. There ar