CONVERSATION IX. 



l^^icle Philip teaches his little Visiters how to 

 make Spruce-heer ; and goes on to tell then«, 

 about the different hinds of Spruce-trees^ 

 and the Cypress and Cedars ; after this he 

 describes the Larch, or Hackmatack, and 

 then brings his Conversations upon the 

 Trees of America to a close. 



" Well, my dears ; you have been taking 

 a long walk, I suspect : for you look hot and 

 tired : come and sit down here in the shade. 

 You shall have some milk : or, if you would 

 like it better, some spruce-beer." 



" Oh yes, some spruce-beer, if you please, 

 Uncle Philip ; it tastes so cool and fresh 

 when one is hot and thirsty. Uncle Philip, you 

 promised to tell us about spruces ; is spruce- 

 beer made from any part of the spruce-trees V 



" Yes, from the young branches of the 

 black spruce ; there are four kinds of spruce 



