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frail has penetrated them. For -they con traded 

 his mouth fo that he could hardly fpeak, and 

 had a very difagreeable tafte^ This diigufted 

 him fo much that he" was with difficulty per- 

 fuaded to tafte of it during the whole of our ftay 

 in America, riotwithftandmg it lofes all its aci- 

 dity, and acquires an agreeable flavour in autumn 

 and towards the beginning of winter^ For the 

 fellow always imagined, that though he Ihould 

 eat them ever fo late in the year, they would (till 

 retain the fune difagreeable tafte. 



To fatisfy the curiofity of thofe who are will- 

 ing to know how the woods look in this country, 

 and whether or no the trees in them are the fame 

 with thofe found in our forefts, I here infert a 

 fmall catalogue of thofe which grow fponta- 

 neoufly in the woods which are neareft to Phila- 

 delphia. But I exclude fuch fhrubs'as do not 

 attain any confiderable height* I fhall put that 

 tree firft in order, which is moft plentiful, and fo 

 on with the reft, and therefore trees which 1 have 

 found but fmgle, though near the town, will be 

 lift, 



1. ^uercus alba, the white oak, in good 

 ground. 



2. Qnercus rubra, or the black oak. 



3. Quercus Hifpanica, the Spanijh oak, a variety 

 of the preceding. 



4. "juglans alba, hiccory, a kind of walnut- 

 tree, of which three or four varieties are to be 

 met with. 



5. Rub us Occident alls, or American blackberry 

 fhrub. 



2 6* Acsr 



