IV 



"to the 5ca, and is about tlie fame diftance from It's 

 iburce, -in the Mountains. 



I was muchdeliiihted to fee Nature differ in thefc 



tTorser Part 



be feen 



d to find he: 

 n the lower 



lies de chemhi de la jufques a la 7ner ; csr en re- 

 mtant a fa fource dans les 7nontagneSy il nj a p 

 nn de dijiance. 

 J etois charme de trotiver 



trouver dans ces quartiers les 

 abundance of things froduElmis de la Nature fi differ entes \ &" un in- 



This encouraged me 



parts 



f the country 



de chofe 



9 



III ne 



p 



d. 



ans 



la 



ake feveral Journeys with partie haffe ck ces pays. Cela me?2couragea 



the /W/<^;^j higher up the Rivers, towards the Moun- prendre phijieurs voyages avec les Lid 



vers 



tains, which afforded not only a fuccefTion of new 



vegetable Appearances, but the moft deHghtful Prof- 

 peds imaginable, befides the Diverfion of Hunting 



mo?2iag 



e7i re7no72tant les rivieres 



•1 



» 



plaifir de voir fiiccejjivement de mnveaux Ph 



J 



les 



~getaux 



des vues les 



Buffaloes, Bears, Panthers, and other wild Beafts. V imagmatio?i Je puijj'e ft 



In thefe Excurlions I employed an Indiaii to carry de la chaffe di 



hufflt 



my Box, in which, belides Paper and ipaterials for 



d 



betes fc. 



des fcingh 



ch 



le divertijfei 



J, des paiith 



que 



Dans ces courfes je me 



Painting, I put dry'd Specimens of Plants, Seeds, f^-rvols d' un Indien pour porter une caffete, dans la 



^c 



I gather'd the 



To the HofpitaUty 



d 



Affiftance of thefe Friendly Indi 



2ns J I a 



fublifled on whs 



their Firft Care was to ered a bark 



debted, for I 

 but 



ey fh 



quelle, outre du papier &' ce qui ejl ?iecejjaire p 

 dejfmer, je mettois des Plantes defTechees, des Gra 



tout ce que je ramaffo 



pproach of rain to keep 



at the r ho/pit alite, & ^ VaM. 



dois beaucoup 



a 



des 



Indi 



car 



and my Cargo froia 



que je 



wet. 



vivois de leur chajfe, leur premier fo 

 f tot que I 'on etoit menace de pluie, etoit de me fa 



1 fhall next proceed to an account of the Method 



diligejKe, une hutte d 

 ivert avec 7na cargaifon 

 ye vais a prefent rend) 



P 



rnettra a 



tpte de la methode que, 



I have obferved in giving the Natural Hiftory of faifuivie en compofant rhijloire naturelle de ces Pay 



thefe Countries ; to begin therefore with Plants, I que je donne au Pubh 

 had principally a regard to Foreft- Trees and Shrubs, Plantes, je me fuis fu 



K 



Shewing their feveral mechanical and other Ufes, as for 

 in Building, Joynery, Agriculture, Food, and Me- * difft 



aux 



Arbriffe 



pour com77ie7icer par les 

 attache aux Arbres des 



j^ai fait voir leurs 



rens ufages mechaniques &^ ' aut7'es pour les bd 

 dicine. I have likewife taken notice of thofe Plants, timens, les ouvrages de Menuife7'ie, r Agriculture, la 

 that will bear our Englijb Climate, which I have 

 experienced from what I have growing at M.tl. Bacons, 



des hofnme 



des A 



la 



Med 



retnarque les Plantes qui 

 Succeffor of the late Mr. Fairchild 2X Hoxton, where fouffrent le cBnat d' Angleterre, ce que fai con7Ju par 



many have withftood the Rigour of feveral Winters, I'^xp 



en 



bfe 



without Protedion, while other Plants, tho' from 



M ■ 



the fame Country, have perlfhed for Want of it. 



qui fe paffe dans le 



r 



jardi 



de Mr. Bacon, fucceffeur de feu Mr. Fair 



child a Hoxton^ ou Plujieurs de ces Plantes ont rejifi 



pi 



la rigueur de plujieurs Hi 

 in airy tandis que d^au 



quoi quexpofe 



du rnhte paySy fo 



■ As there is a greater Variety of the feather'd Kind 



parce qu elks netoie7it pas gara77ties du froid^ 



La grande 



des Oife 



, (qui paffe de 

 du moi7is de ceux 



than of any other Animals (at leaft to be come at) beaucoup celle des autres Ani77iaux, 



and as they excel in the Beauty of their Colours, and que Von peut attraper) la beaute des ' couleurs dont 



have a nearer relation to the Plants of which they feed hur plu7nage 

 on and frequent ; I was Induced chiefly (fo far as I plus fouvent 



or7te, 

 les pit 



L 



e 



do 



could) to compleat an Account of them, rather than 

 to defcribe promifcuoufly, InfeAs and other Animals; 



ipport quils om 

 t ils fe nourrifjt 



le 



•% 



qu lis freque7tte7tt ; tout cela fiteitgagea a enfc 



quils me feroit pofibh 



defcript, 



com 



by which I muft have omitted many of the Birds plette^ plutot que de do?mer pefe mefe celles des L 



(for I had not Time to do all); by which method feBes &^ d' autres Ani 



r ' 



I believe very few Birds have efcapcd my knowledge, d'omettre plufeurs 



A 



except 



ce qui mauroit oblige 

 car je n avois pas le 



tems 



