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hail the Itaft appearance of Iced. Neither could I obuin 

 any ofitaiTccamcz. This is an article they fit very lit- 

 tle value on themfclves, and aic wonderfully furpriled it 

 ihould he enquired after. Of the tree indeed they arc more 

 careful, and wry cautious in (hewing it. Mad it not been 

 for the frieudfliip of the gentleman I mentioned, it i> 

 more than probable I ihould have retutned without fee. 

 mg it at .11. 



1 remarked that all the Bark Trees 1 (aw grew on the fide 

 of a hill, and in a dry rocky foil. None of them exceeded 

 two feet in circumference, nor any of them ;a feet in 

 height. The mode the Indians ufe in (tripping the ire;, 

 jl by making longitudinal incifion* in the bark about two 

 inches broad, and two feet long. They then tie it up in 

 bundles, thirty-two pounds each, and keep it in that Hate 

 two, Their reafon for tying it up in this man- 

 ner is to prevent its tot. haltily drawing itfelf together by 

 the heat, (hough it labours untter a great difadvantage of 

 appearing iron-coloured, and not fo handfomc to the eye as 

 when it is at once expofed to the fun, ami reguUi ly turned 

 and dried. Indeed, in drying Bark great care might t<> be 

 taken that it is not put away too fuddcnly. It lliould be 

 pcrfccTly crifp,and break iliort in two— it is then fit for ufe. 



Their method of conveying it from one place to another 



is by (lowing it in large leathern trunk-. When the trunk 



» damp it is apt to get mouldy : but this they conlidcr OS 



of fmall importance ; for by (hying it in the fun ill moul- 



a dincfi 



