1749. 



which was not every where at hand dur-> 

 ing this feafon. The mufkitoes, punchins 

 or gnats, and the woodlice, were very trou- 

 blefome, Our fear of fnakes, and of the 

 Indians, rendered this night's reft very pre-r 

 carious and unfecure. 



PUNCH INS, as the Dutch call them, arc 

 the little gnats (Culcxpulicarh Linn.) wh^ch 

 abound here. They are very minute, and 

 their wings grey, with black fpots. They 

 are ten times worfe than the larger ones, 

 (Qitlex pipiens Linn.) or mufkitoes ; for 

 heir iize renders them next to impercep- 

 tible 5 they are every where carelefs of their 

 lives, fuck their fill of blood, and caufe a 

 burning pain. 



WE heard feveral great trees fall of them- 

 felves in the night, though it was fo calm, 

 that not a leaf ftirred. They made a 

 Dreadful cracking. 



June the 27th. WE continued our jour- 

 ney in the morning. We found the coun- 

 try like that which we pafled over yefter- 

 jday, except meeting with a few hills. 

 Early this morning we plainly hear4 a fall 

 in the river Hudfon. 



IN every part of the foreft we found 

 frees thrown down either by ftorrns, or 

 age; but none were cut down, there being 

 pip inhabitants 5 and though the wood is 



very 



