Montreal. 263 



Englijh colonies ; the laft is more abundant 

 in Canada. The feeds are fown in fpring/ 

 after the cold is entirely gone off, in a good 

 rich ground, at fome diftance from each 

 other ; becaufe their {talks fpread far, and 

 require much room, if they (hall be very 

 fruitful. They were now ripe at Montreal - 9 

 but in the Englifh colonies they ripen in 

 July and Augujt. They commonly require 

 lefs time to ripen in, than the common 

 melons. Thofe in the Englifh colonies are 

 commonly fweeter, and more agreeable, 

 than the Canada ones. Does the greater 

 heat contribute any thing towards making 

 them more palatable ? Thofe in the pro- 

 vince of New-York are, however, reckoned 

 the beft. 



THE water-melons are very juicy; and 

 the juice is mixed with a cooling pulp, 

 which is very good in the hot fummer-fea- 

 fon. Nobody in Canada, in Albany, and 

 in other parts of New-Tork, could produce 

 an example, that the eating of water-me- 

 lons in great quantities had hurt any body; 

 and there are examples even of fick perfons 

 eating them without any danger. Further 

 to the fouth, the frequent ufe of them it 

 is thought brings on intermitting fevers, 

 and other bad diftempers, efpecially in fuch 

 people as are lefs ufed to them. Many 

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