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forty deg. of lat. and becomes a pretty tall 

 and thick tree, was fo little at Ofwego and 

 Fort Nicholfon, between forty- three and 

 forty-four deg. of lat. that it hardly reach- 

 ed the height of two or four feet, and was 

 feldom fo thick as the little finger of a full 

 grown perfon. This was likewife the cafe 

 with the 'Tulip tree. For in Penjyhania it 

 grows as high as our tallefr, oaks and firs, 

 and its thicknefs is proportionable to its 

 height. But about Ofwego it was not above 

 twelve feet high, and no thicker than a 

 man's arm. The Sugar Maple* or Acer 

 faccharinum, is one of the mod; common 

 trees in the woods of Canada, and grows 

 very tall. But in the fouthern provinces, 

 as New "Jerfey and Penfyhania, it only 

 grows on the northern fide of the blue 

 mountains, and on the fteep hills which are 

 on the banks of the river, and which are 

 turned to the north. Yet there it does 

 not attain to a third or fourth part of the 

 height which it has in Canada. It is need- 

 lefs to mention more examples. 



Ociober the lft. The gnats which are 

 very troublefome at night here, are called 

 Mufquetoes. They are exactly like the 

 gnats in Sweden, only fomewhat lefs, and the 

 defcription which is to be met with in 

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