454 
Straw- 
berries. 
® 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
in Hudfon’s Bay do not know one from the other. 
Like the Goofeberry bufhes in thofe parts, the 
fruit is always moft plentiful on the under-fide of 
the branches. They are not much efteemed ei- 
ther by the Indians or Englifh, fo that the few 
that are made ufe of are generally infufed in bran- 
dy, by way of making a cordial, which is far from 
unpleafant*. 
STRAWBERRIES }, and thofe of a confiderable 
fize and excellent flavour, are found as far North | 
as Churchill River; and what is moft remarka- 
ble, they are frequently known to be more plen- 
tiful in fuch places as have formerly been fet on 
fire. This isnot peculiar to the Strawberry, but 
itis well known that in the interior parts of the 
country, as well as at Albany and Moofe Forts, 
that after the ground, or more properly the under- 
wood and mofs, have been fet on fire, that Rafp- 
berry-bufhes and Hips have fhot up in great num- 
bers on fpots where nothing .of the kind had 
ever been feen before. This is a phenomenon 
that is not eafily accounted for; but it is more 
than probable that Nature wanted fome afliftance, 
and the mofs being all burnt away, not only ad- 
mits the fun to act with more power, but the 
heat of the fire muft, in fome meafure, loofen the 
texture of the foil, fo as to admit the plants to 
fhoot 
* The Indians call the Juniper-herry Caw-caw-cuceminick, or the Crow- 
berry. 
+ The Oteagh*minick of the Indians, is fo called, becaufe it in fome 
meafure refembles a heart. 
