NORTHERN OCEAN. 4st 
Of the Vegetable Productions. 
The vegetable productions of this country by 
no means engaged my attention fo much as the 
animal creation ; which is the lefs to be wonder- 
ed at, as fo few of them are ufeful for the fupport 
of man. Yet I will endeavour to enumerate as 
many of them as I think are worth notice. 
The Goosczerriss thrive beft in ftony and pels 
‘rocky ground, which lies open and much expof- 
ed tothe Sun. But in thofe fituations few of the 
bufhes grow to any height, and {pread along the 
ground like vines. The fruit is always moft plen- 
tiful and the fineft on the under-fide of the bran- 
ches, probably owing to the refleéted heat from 
the ftenes and gravel, and from being fheltered 
from all cold winds and fog by the leaves. I 
never faw more than one fpecies of Goofeberry 
in any part of Hudfon’s Bay, which is the red 
one. When green, they make excellent pies or 
tarts; and when ripe are very pleafant eating, 
though by no means fo large as thofe produced in 
England. 
CRANBERRIES grow in great abundance near Cranberie: 
Churchill, and are not confined to any particular 
fituation, for they are as common on open bleak 
plains and high rocks as among the woods. 
When carefully gathered in the Fall, in dry wea- 
Gg. ther, 
