yo September 1748. 



We vifited feveral Swedes, who were 

 fettled here, and were at prefent in very 

 good circumflances. One of them was 

 called Andrew Rambo ; he had a fine houfe 

 built of flone, two (lories high, and a great 

 orchard near it. We were every where 

 well received, and flayed over night with 

 the above-mentioned countryman. We 

 faw no other marks of autumn, than that 

 feveral fruits of this feafon were already 

 ripe. For befides this all the trees were yet 

 as green, and the ground flill as much co- 

 vered with flowers, as in our fummer. 

 Thoufands of frogs croaked all the night 

 long in the marfhes and brooks. The lo- 

 cufls and grafshoppers made likewife fuch a 

 great noife, that it was hardly poflible for 

 one perfon to underfland another. The 

 trees too, were full of all forts of birds, 

 which by the variety of their fine plumage, 

 delighted the eye, while the infinite varie- 

 ty of their tunes were continually re-echoed. 



The orchards, along which we palled to- 

 day, were only enclofed by hurdles. But 

 they contained all kinds of fine fruit. We 

 wondered at firfl very much when our lead- 

 er leaped over the hedge into the orchards, 

 and gathered fome agreeable fruit for us. 

 But our aflonifhment was flill greater, when 

 we faw that the people in the garden were 



