Heinricks, a German officer, who saw almost nothing to praise in Pennsylvania, at least had a good word to say for the swine. The Indian boy was held in twenty pounds to be of good behavior, and Andrew Friend became his surety. The act designated the limits of Chester, - to be southward by the Delaware River, westward by Chester Creek, northward by the King's road, and eastward by Ridley Creek. The fine imposed was to be equally divided between the government and the informer. The ordinary domestic fowls seem to have been abundant in the province in the early time.
Turkeys belong to the wild animals, and are in the woods in flocks like partridges.
Ducks and geese are common and as good as ours, but no better. When the first European settlers located in Delaware County the territory abounded with wild game, and for more than a hundred years thereafter large animals in a state of nature were common.