3 9 o March 1749. 



are fo flrnilar to the Swd'Jk bilberry, that they 

 are diftinguiihed from each other with difficulty. 

 The American ones grow on fhrubs, which are 

 from two to four feet high; and there are fome 

 fpecies which are above feven feet in height. 

 Ttte Indians formerly plucked them in nbun** 

 dance every year, dried them either in the fun- 

 fhine or by the fire-fide, and afteVwards prepared 

 them for eating, in different manners, Thefe 

 huckle-berries are ftill a dainty dim among the 

 Indians. On my travels through the country 

 of the Iroquefe, 'they offered me, whenever they 

 defigned to treat me well, frem maize-bread, 

 baked in an oblong {hape, mixed with dried Hue- 

 kteberries, which lay as clofe in it as the raifins 

 in a plumb-pudding, of which more in the fe- 

 quel. The Europeans are likewife ufed to colleft 

 a quantity of thefe berries, to dry them in ovens, 

 to bake them in tarts, and to employ them in fe- 

 veral other ways. Some prefer ve them with trea- 

 cle. They are likewife eaten raw, either quite 

 alone or with frefti milk. 



I SHALL, on the 27th of March, find occa- 

 fion to mention another dim, which the Indians 

 ate formerly, and ftill eat, on formal ceremo- 

 mes. 



Mar. 1 8th. ALMOST during the whole of" 

 this fpring, the weather and the winds were al- 

 ways calm in. the morning at fun-riling. At 

 eight o'clock the wind began to blow pretty hard, 

 and continued fo all day, till fun-fetting; when 

 it ceafed, and all the night was calm. This was 

 the regular courfe of the weather; but fometimes 

 the winds raged, without intermiffion> for two 



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