ABSTRACT
Before his ufual Cave fas I have faid) he is taken by the path which is worn, by a pot whioh is put into the earth, and afterward made plain about it like other places of the field; there is earth caft into the bottom of the pot to thedeepnefsof two fingers, above every where covering the pot there is placed a ftone,which is held up by a piece of wood,to which there is bound below a fragment of bread: In the fpace between the Cave and the pot there are crums of bread fcattered, which he following and leaping into the pot, the wood falling, he is taken. Being taken after the manner of other beafts, he toucheth no food I f a broad ftone,fuch an one with which they cover pavements, or of which they make roof tiles, fhall be joyned unto the pot, and the beaft be taken, he will be very hardly known in the morning; for the fpirit of the beaft being fhut in, and waxing wroth piercing for thinnefs doth moiften the ftone. The skins of Hamfters are very durable, of which there are cer-T t , e l,re
tain long coats which come down unto the heels, and divers coloured cloaks made, which the wo* t h c u skins* men of Mifena and Silejia do ufe, and account them very honorable, of a black and red colour, with broad guards or edges of the skins of Otters: the lame coats are for the moft part valued at the price of fifteen or twenty Renenfian crowns: for it doth out-wear in length three or four garments made either of linnen or woollen cloath.
