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of the latter call them Poifon-berries, but feveral 
birds are fond of them. ‘They grow clofe to the 
ground, like the Cranberry, and the plant that - 
produces them is not very unlike {mall fage, 
either in fhape or colour, but has none of its 
virtues. 
Thad nearly forgotten another fpecies of Berry, 
which is found on the dry ridges at Churchill in 
confiderable numbers. In fize and colour they 
much refemble the Red Curran, and grow on 
bufhes fo much like the Creeping Willow, that 
people of little obfervation fcarcely known the 
difference ; particularly as all the fruit is on the 
under-fide of the branches, and entirely hid by 
the leaves. I never knew this Berry eaten but 
by a frolickfome Indian girl; and as it had no ill 
effect, it is a proof it is not unwholefome, though 
exceedingly unpleafant to the palate, and not 
much lefs fo to the fmell. 
Hes of a {mall fize, though but few in number, 
are alfo found on the banks of Churchill River, 
at fome diftance from the fea. But in the inte- 
rior parts of the country they are frequently 
found in fuch vaft quantities, that at a diftance 
they make the {pots they grow on appear perfe&t- 
ly red. In the interior parts of Hudfon’s Bay 
they are as large as any I ever remember to have 
feen, and when ripe, have a moft delightful 
bloom ; but at that feafon there is {carcely one in 
ten which has not a worm in it; and they fre- 
quently act asa ftrong purgative. } 
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