Penjyfoania, Ret urn from Wilmington. 125 



/aware, and to get into New Jerfey, with a view 

 to get acquainted with the country ; but as there 

 was no ferry here to bring my horfe over, I fet 

 out on my return to Philadelphia. I partly went 

 along the high road, and partly deviated on one 

 or the other fide of it, in order to take more 

 exaft obfervations of the country, and of its na- 

 tural hiftory. 



THE maize was fown in feveral places. In 

 forne its (talks were cut fomewhat below the ear, 

 dried and put up in narrow high flacks, in order 

 to keep them as a food for the cattle in winter. 

 The lower part of the ftalk had likewife leaves, 

 but as they commonly dry of themfelves, the 

 people do not like to feed the cattle with them, 

 all their flavour being loft. But the upper ones 

 are cut whilft they are yet green. 



THE vallies between the hills commonly con- 

 tain brooks; but they are not very broad, and 

 require no bridges, fo that carriages and horle 

 can eafily pafs through them; for the water is 

 feldom above fix inches deep. 



THE leaves of moft trees were yet quite green, 

 fuch as thofe of oaks, chefnut trees," black wal- 

 nut trees, hiccory, tulip trees, and faiTafras. 

 The two latter fpecies are found in plenty on the 

 fides of the little woods, on hills, on the fallow 

 fields, near hedges, and on the road. The per- 

 fimon likewife had ftill its leaves ; however, 

 fome trees of this kind had dropt them. The 

 leaves of the American bramble were at prefent 

 almoft entirely red, though fome of thefe bumes 

 yet retained a lively green in the leaves. The 

 Cornelian cherry likewife had already a mixture 



