r64 May 1749. 



which reader it confpicuous even at a dis- 

 tance. At this time it is a pleafure to tra- 

 vel through the woods, fo much are they 

 beautified bv the bloffoms of this tree. The 

 flowers which are within the Involucra be- 

 ^an to open to-day. The tree does not grow 

 to any confiderable height or thicknefs, but 

 is about the fize of our Mountain Jifi (Mor- 

 bus aiicuparia). There are three fpecies 

 of this tree in the woods ; one with great 

 white hi'uolucra, another with fmall white 

 ones, and a third with reddifh ones. 



• The woods were now full of birds : I 

 faw the lefler fpecies every where hopping 

 on the ground, or creeping in bufhes, 

 without any great degree of fhinefs ; it is 

 therefore very eafy for all kinds of fnakes- 

 to approach and bite them. I believe that 

 the rattlefnake has nothing to do but to ly 

 ftill, and without waiting long, fome little 

 bird or other will pais by or run diredtly upon 

 her, giving her an opportunity of catching 

 it, without any enchantment. 



Salem is a little trading town, fituated 

 at fome diftance from the river Delaware. 

 The houies do not (band far afunder, and 

 are partly (lone, and partly wood. A rivu- 

 let paiTes by the town, and falls into the 

 Delaware. The inhabitants live by their 

 feveral trades, as well as they can. Jn the 



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