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qualities they have before the froft has pe- 

 netrated them. For they contracted his 

 mouth fo that he could hardly fpeak, and 

 had a very difagreeable tafte. This dif- 

 gufted him fo much that he was with dif- 

 ficulty perfuaded to tafte of it during the 

 whole of our ftay in America, notwithstand- 

 ing it lofes all its acidity and acquires an 

 agreeable flavour in autumn and towards 

 the beginning of winter. For the fellow 

 always imagined, that though he mould 

 eat them ever fo late in the year, they would 

 ftill retain the fame difagreeable tafte. 



To fatisfy the curiofity of thofe, who are 

 willing to know, how the woods look in 

 this country, and whether or no the trees 

 in them are the fame with thofe found in 

 our forefts, I here infert a fmall catalogue of 

 thofe which grow fpontaneoufly in the woods 

 which are neareft to Philadelphia. But I 

 exclude fuch fhrubs as do not attain any cons- 

 iderable height. I mall put that tree firft in 

 order, which is moft plentiful, and fo on 

 with the reft, and therefore trees which I 

 have found but fingle, though near the 

 town, will be laft. 



i. Quercus alba, the white oak in good 

 ground. 



E 2. ggercus 



