March 1749. 



between the trees, fo that one could ride 

 on horfeback without inconvenience in the 

 woods, and even with a cart in moft 

 places ; and the ground was very plain and 

 uniform at the fame time. Here and there 

 appeared fome fallen trees, thrown down 

 by the wind -, fome were torn up by the 

 roots ; others broken quite acrofs the ftem. 

 In fome parts of the country the trees were 

 thick and tall, but in others I found large 

 tradls covered with young trees, only 

 twenty, thirty, or forty years old : thefe 

 tra6ts, I am told, the Indians formerly had 

 their little plantations in. I did not yet fee 

 any marks of the leaves coming out, and I 

 did not meet jvith a flower in the woods : 

 for the cold winds, which had blown for fe- 

 veral days together fueceffively, had hin- 

 dered this. The woods confided chiefly of 

 feveral fpecies of oak, and of hiccory. 

 The fwamps were filled with red maple, 

 which was all now in flower, and made thefe 

 places look quite red at a .diftance. 



THE old Swede, whom I came to vifit, 

 fecmed to be ftill pretty hearty and frefh. 

 and could walk by the help of a ftick; 

 but he complained of having felt in thefe 

 latter years, fome pains in his back, anc 

 limbs, and that he could keep his feet 

 in winter only by fitting near the fire 



He 



