76 September 1748. 



turned reddim, like thofe of our Swedijh 

 mountain am. The branches boiled with 

 the berries afford a black ink like tincture. 

 The boys eat the berries, there being no 

 danger of falling fick after the repaft -, but 

 they are very four. They feldom grow 

 above three yards high. On cutting the 

 ftem, it appears that it contains nothing 

 but pith. I have cut feveral in this man- 

 ner, and found that fome were ten years 

 old ; but that raoft of them were above 

 one year old. When the cut is made, a 

 yellow juice comes out between the bark 

 and the wood. One or two of the moft 

 outward circles are white, but the inner- 

 moft are of a yellowifh green. It is eafy 

 to diftinguifh them one from another. 

 They contain a very plentiful pith, the 

 diameter of which is frequently half an 

 inch, and fometimes more. It is brown, 

 and fo loofe that it is eafily pufhed out 

 by a little flick, in the fame manner as 

 the pith of the elder tree, rafpberry and 

 blackberry bufhes. This fumach grows 

 near the enclofures, round the corn-fields, 

 but efpecially on fallow ground. The wood 

 feemed to burn well, and made no great 

 crackling in the fire. 



September the 20th. In the morning we 

 walked in the fields and woods near the 



town, 



