become mouldy before they are ripe; which 

 causes them to rot much. 



As grass does not grow by nature as in 

 England, if it were not for fruit, and the 

 nuts, roots, &c. in the woods,, the hogs 

 raised must be kept on corn the whole of 

 the year ; and bacon is one of the princi- 

 pal necessaries of life in these parts as to 

 flesh meat : for, during the summer, fresh 

 meat is of little value, because if it be not 

 cooked as soon as killed, it grows putrid 

 and stinks ; and, at best, when dressed in 

 that hot state, it is very inferior to the 

 shambles meat in England, that has time 

 to cool and set before it is dressed. The 

 greater number of people in America live 

 on salt fish and smoked bacon : and the 

 reason why they smoke their bacon and fish, 

 is, that there are many sorts of reptiles 

 that would absolutely destroy it, were it 

 not for the smoke, particularly what is 

 called the skippers, or salt-worm, which is 

 pne great reason why cheese can never 



