[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 are several sorts of Squirrels also, which they do eat when they can catch them.

Before I make an end of my discourse of their Beasts, it may be worthwhile to relate the ways they use to catch them.  At which they are very crafty.

[How they catch wild Beasts.] For the catching of Deer or other wild Beasts, they have this ingenious device.  In dark Moons when there are drisling Rains, they go about this design.  They have a basket made with canes somewhat like unto a funnel, in which they put a potsheard with fire in it, together with a certain wood, which they have growing there, full of sap like pitch, and that will burn like a pitch-barrel.  This being kindled in the potsheard flames, and gives an exceeding light.  They carry it upon their heads with the flame foremost; the basket hiding him that is under it, and those that come behind it.  In their hands they carry three or four small bells, which they tingle as they go, that the noyse of their steps should not be heard.  Behind the man that carries the light, go men with Bowes and Arrows.  And so they go walking along the Plains, and by the Pond sides, where they think the Deer will come out to feed.  Which when they see the light, stand still and stare upon it, seeing onely the light, and hearing nothing but the tingling of the bells.