230 Mr. Delahi^arre*s Exctirfions on the Blue Mountaius, 



excited in any mind for fear of attenuating the great by a. 

 little picture ! 



The top of the mountain is covered with evergreen, pitch, 

 and white pines, hemlock, fpruce, and large filver fir trees : 

 Lower down on each fide, are fugar-maple, beech, alh, birch, 

 oak, and elm trees. The underwood is compofed of many 

 ihrubs like thofe of the other mountains, except that there 

 is a greater number of wild currants, goofeberries, rafberries,, 

 than any where elfe. In fome fhaded places I difcovered a 

 kind of liquorice very much refembling that of Italy, as to the 

 tafte of the root,. 



I obferved with fome pleafure that the fouth-fide of the 

 mountain is full of fox and winter grapes, upon which l 

 make no doubt' the bears make a pretty good vintage 

 every fail. It confirms my former ideas on the poffibility of 

 cultivating the grape in this country with as much fuccefs as 

 in Europe. Though it would be ufelefs, and by no means 

 delirabie, to anticipate the time, we may fbrefee that a day 

 will come when neceffity with her iron rod, fliall compel 

 the more numerous Americans to cultivate thefe wild gifts of 

 a rude but beautiful nature—then Madeira will give place 

 to the Blue Mountain-claret. 



A fa<El well wortb our remark, is, that, the vegetationj. 

 particularly on the fouth expofure, was as forward as on the. 

 eaft fide of the river, if not mor£ fo. Behind the highefi top 



