344 November 1748. 



but the caufes of this alteration are eafy to 

 find. In the younger years of old Helm, 

 the country was little inhabited, and hardly 

 the tenth part of the cattle kept which is 

 at prefent ; a cow had therefore as much 

 food at that time, as ten now have. Fur- 

 ther, moft kinds of grafs here are annual, 

 and do not for feveral years together (hoot 

 up from the fame root, as our Swedijh 

 graffes : they muft fow themfelves every 

 year, becaufe the laft year's plant dies away 

 every autumn. The great numbers of cat- 

 tle hinder this fowing, as the grafs is eaten 

 before it can produce flowers and fruit. We 

 need not therefore wonder that the grafs is 

 fo thin on fields, hills, and paftures in 

 thefe provinces. This is likewife the reafon 

 why travellers in New Jerfey, Penfylvania, 

 and Maryland, find many difficulties, efpe- 

 cially in winter, to get forwards with their 

 own horfes, for the grafs in thefe provinces 

 is not very abundant, becaufe the cattle eat 

 it before it can bring feeds : but more to 

 the north, as in Canada, are a fufficient 

 quantity of perennial graffes ; fo wifely has 

 the Creator regulated every thing. The 

 cold parts of the earth, naturally bring forth 

 a more durable grafs, becaufe the inhabi- 

 tants want more hay to feed their cattle 

 with, on account of the length of the win- 

 ter. 



