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the year 1750, Mr. Kalm faw the weftern 

 parts of Penfyhania and the cpaft of New 

 Jerfey -, Tung fir cem ftaid in the former pro- 

 vince all the fummer for the collection of 

 feeds, and Prof. Kalm in the mean time 

 pafled New Tork and the blue mountains, 

 went to Albany, then along the river Mo- 

 hawk to the Iroquois nations, where he got 

 acquainted with the Mohawk's, Oneida's, 

 Tujkarora's, Onandagd sand Kayugaws. He 

 then viewed and navigated the great lake 

 Ontario, and faw the celebrated fall at Nia- 

 gara. In his return from his fummer ex- 

 pedition, he crofied the blue mountains in 

 a different place, and in OBober again reach- 

 ed Philadelphia. 



In the year 1751, the 13th. of February, 

 he went at Newcafile on board a fhip for 

 England, and after a pafTage Subject to many 

 dangers in the mod dreadful hurricanes, he 

 arrived March the 27th. in the ^Thames, and 

 two days after in London. He took paffage 

 for Gothenburgh May the 5th. and was the 

 1 6th. of the fame month at the place of his 

 destination, and the 13th. of June he again 

 arrived at Stockholm, after having been on 

 this truly ufeful expedition three years and 

 eight months. He afterwards returned 

 again to his place of profeffor at Aobo, where 

 in a fmall garden of his own, he cultivates 



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