174 May 1749. 



outalmoft like children. I was told that 

 fome eat the thighs of the hind legs, and 

 that they are very palatable. 



A TREE which grows in the fwamps 

 here, and in other parts of Amirica, goes 

 by the name of White Juniper-trfe. Its 

 item indeed looks like one of our old tall 

 and iirait juniper-trees in Sweden : but the 

 leaves are different, and the wood is white. 

 The Englijh call it White Cedar, becaufe the 

 boards which are made of the wood, are 

 like thofe made of cedar. But neither of 

 thefe names are juft, for the tree is of the 

 cyprefs kind *. It always grows in wet 

 ground or fwamps : it is therefore difficult to 

 come to them, becaufe the ground between 

 the little hillocks is full of water. The trees 

 ftand both on the hillocks and in the water : 

 they grow very clofe together, and have 

 ftrait, thick, and tall items ; but they were 

 greatly reduced in number to what they 

 have been before. In fuch places where 

 they are left to grow up, they grow as tall 

 and as thick as the talleit fir-trees ; they 

 preferve their green leaves both in winter 

 and fummer; the tall ones have no bran- 

 ches on the lower part of the item. 



THE marihes where thefe trees grow are 

 called Cedar Swamps. Thefe cedar fwafnps 



are 



* CupreJ/ur tbyoieles. Linn. Spec.pl p. 1412. CyprefTws 

 Americana, fru&u minimo. Miller's Card. Di&ionary. 



