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56. Gledttfia triacantbos, the honey locuft tree, 

 or three thorned acacia, in the fame foil. 



57. Celtis occidentalism the nettle tree, in the 

 fields. 



58. Annonamuricatci) the cuftard apple, in a 

 fruitful foil. 



WE vifited feveral Swedes, who Avere fettled 

 here, and in very good circumstances. One of 

 them f Andrew Rambo) has a fine houfe built of 

 ftone, two ftories high, and a great orchard near 

 it. We were every where well received, and 

 ftayed over night with the above-mentioned 

 countryman. We faw no other marks of au- 

 tumn, than that feveral fruits of this feafon were 

 already ripe. For befides this, all the trees were 

 yet as green, and the ground ftill as much co- 

 vered with flowers, as in our fummer. Thou- 

 fands of frogs croaked all the night long in the 

 marflies and brooks. The locufts and grafs- 

 hoppers made likewife fuch a great noife, that it 

 was hardly poflible for one perfon to understand 

 another. The trees too. were full of all forts of 

 birds, which by the variety of their fine plumage 

 delighted the eye, while the infinite variety of 

 their tunes were continually re-echoed. 



THE orchards, along which we paffed to-day, 

 were only enclofed by hurdles. But they con- 

 tained all kinds of fine fruit. We wondered at 

 hrfl very much when our leader leaped over the 

 hedge into the orchards, and gathered feme a* 

 greeable fruit for us. 'But our aftonifhment was 

 itill greater, when we faw that the people in the 

 garden were fo little concerned at it, as not even 



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