June 1749. 



THE Saflaffas-trees abound here, buf 

 never grow to any confiderable height. 



CHESTNUT-TREES appear no\v and therK 



THE Cockfpur Hawthorn (Cratagus Crus 

 Galli Linn.) grows in the pooreft foil, and 

 has very long fpines -, which {hews, that it 

 may be very advantageoufly planted in 

 hedges, especially in a poor foil. 



THIS night we lodged with a farmer, 

 who had returned to his farm after the war 

 was over. All his buildings, except the- 

 great barn, were burnt. 



June the 24th. THE farm where we 

 panned the night was the laft in the pro- 

 vince of New York) towards Canada, which 

 had been left Handing, and which was now 

 inhabited. Further on, we met ftill with 

 inhabitants : but they had no houfes, and 

 lived in huts of boards ; the houfes being 

 burnt during the war. 



As we continued our journey, we ob- 

 ferved the country on both fides of the 

 river to be generally flat, but fometimes 

 hilly ; and large trails of it are covered 

 with woods of fir-trees. Now and thetv 

 we found fome parts turned into corn- 

 fields and meadows ; however, the greater 

 part was covered with woods. Ever fines 

 we left Albany, alnioft half-way to Saratoga* 

 the river runs very rapid ; and it coft us a 



deal 



