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TRAVElvS  •/";&  Jesuits.  377  ,
Cjtttle  devoured  by  them,  we  are  told  that  above
fcventy  Periraw  have  difappcared,  all  whom,  *tU
feued,  fell  a  Prey  to  thofe  cn!lcl  Animals.  They
were  feeD  to  come,  every  Evening,  to  the  Ponds,
which  cwnmtHily  are  pretty  near  to  Villages ;  when
ivoe  to  fuch  Qinle,  Children,  or  even  Men,  as
happoiod  to  come  in  their  way,  for  nothing  efcaped
thetn.  They  ftruck  fuch  a  Terror  round;  that  the
1^K>J^  ulcd,  K)  watch  every  Night  in  their  Villages,
and  Ikht  up  great  I^res.  Not  a  Soul  dared  to  ftir
out  of  his  own  HouTe  after  it  was  dark,  much  lels
to  navel ;  it  being  not  very  l^c  for  People  to  at'
tempt  thb  even  in  the  Pay-time,  without  there
were  fcveral  in  Company.  Howevrr,  this  did  not
prevent  my  croICng,  more  than  once,  vaft  Forefts
in  the  Night,  when  called  upoa  to  adminifter  the
Sacraments  to  pocH*  People  who  were  expiring.
