no September 1748. 



pepper or other fpice thrown upon them, and the 

 dim is ready. The Indians likewife fow feveral 

 kinds of beans, which for the greateft part they 

 have got from the Europeans. But peafe, which 

 they likewife fow, they have always had amongft 

 them, before any foreigners came into the coun- 

 try. The fquafhes of the Indians, which now 

 are likewife cultivated by the Europeans, belong 

 to thofe kinds of gourds (ciicurbita) which ripen 

 before any other. They are a very delicious fruit, 

 but will not keep. I have however feen them 

 kept till pretty late in winter. 



Sept. joth. WHEAT and rye are fown in au- 

 tumn about this time, and commonly reaped 

 towards the end of June, or in the beginning of 

 July. Thefe kinds of corn, however, are fometimes 

 ready to be reaped in the middle of June, and 

 there are even examples that they have been 

 mown in the beginning of that month. Barley 

 'and oats are fown in April^ and they commonly 

 begin to grow ripe towards the end of July. 

 Buck-wheat is fown in the middle or at the end 

 of July* and is about this time, or fomewhat 

 later, ready to be reaped. If it be fown before the 

 above-mentioned time, as in May, or in June, it 

 only gives iiowers, and little or no corn. 



MR. Eartram and other people affured me, 

 that moft of the cows, which the Engtifo have 

 here, are the offspring of thofe which they bought 

 of the Swedes, when they were mailers of the 

 country. The Englifb themfelves are faid to have 

 brought over but few. The Swedes either brought 

 their cattle from home, or bought them of the 

 Dutcb> who were then fettled here, 



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