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erally there are other wild grape-vines, in no way 

 inferior to these in size and length, of which the small, 

 blackish berries have a rather pleasant sour taste.* 

 Another species of grape-vine, small and very low, is 

 found along the sandy banks of the Ohio near Pitts- 

 burg, which likewise bears small, blackish grapes, 

 very good and eatable. 



The Charleston market can by no means be called 

 equal to that of Philadelphia, either as regards the 

 plenty or the quality of provisions. Butcher's meat 

 here is neither fat, nor of a good taste, because they are 

 at no pains to fatten the cattle, which is slaughtered 

 direct from the thin pasture found in the woods and 

 swamps. In general the black cattle of the southern 

 colonies are not of the good and large sort to be seen 

 in the northern ; they give themselves less trouble in 

 keeping up and feeding a good breed, because they 

 have a plenty of cattle. But of fowl-meat there is no 

 lack, and very good, because fed on rice and corn. 

 And there is plenty of venison ; a doe, weighing 60-70 

 pounds, commonly brings 7-8 Span, dollars. Wild 

 ducks and other water-fowl are often brought in ; they 

 are not all to be recommended for their taste; among 

 these are many sorts which America has in common 

 with Europe. 



Garden-vegetables are gradually beginning to be 

 raised in more abundance, but a head of cabbage or 

 cole-wort still brings 6d. Sterl. Potatoes are brought 



* I have tasted these grapes but have not seen the vines ; 

 this is likely the Vitis vinifera Americana, Marshall, Americ. 

 Grove, p. 165 ; and, like the Cherokee grape-vine, a variety of 

 Vitis vinifera L., which however does not occur farther north. 



