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Mofs. 
Grafs. 
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am perfuaded, be very acceptable to many fmo- 
kers in England. 
Moss of various forts and colours is plentiful 
enough in moft parts of this country, and is what 
the deer ufually feed on. 
Grass of feveral kinds is alfo found in thofe 
parts, and fome of it amazingly rapid of growth, 
particularly that which is there called Rye-grafs, 
and which, in our fhort Summer at Churchill, 
frequently grows to the height of three feet. 
Another fpecies of Grafs, which is produced in 
marfhes, and on the margins. of lakes, ponds, and 
rivers, is particularly adapted for the fupport of 
the multitudes of the feathered creation which 
refort to thofe parts in Summer. The Marfh 
Grafs at Churchillis of that peculiar nature, that 
where it is mowed one year, no crop can be pro- 
cured the next Summer; whereas at York Fort, 
though the climate is not very different, they 
can get two crops, or harvefts, from the fame 
fpot in one Summer. Vetches are plentiful in 
fome parts as far North as Churchill River; and 
Burrage, Sorrel, and Coltsfoot, may be ranked 
among the ufeful plants. Dandelion is alfo plen- 
tiful at Churchill, and makes an early falad, long . 
before any thing can be produced in the gardens. 
In fact, notwithftanding the length of the 
Winter, the feverity of the cold, and the great 
fcarcity of vegetables at this Northern fettlement, 
by proper attention to cleanlinefs, and keeping 
the people at reafonable exercife, I never had one 
man 
