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and seldom wants repair. They say that a chest 

 made of this wood will suffer HO moth or vermin 

 to abide therein. 



The locust for its enduring the weather, is cho- 

 sen for all sorts of work that are exposed thereto. 

 It bears a leaf nearest the liquorice plant. Tis a 

 pretty tall tree. Of this the Indians make their 

 choicest bows, it being very tough and flexible. 

 We have little or none of this wood in Pampti- 

 cough. 



The honey tree bears as great a resemblance to 

 the locust, as a shallot does to an onion. It is of 

 that species but more prickly. They bear a cod, 

 one side whereof contains the seed, the other the 

 honey. They will bear in five years from the ker- 

 nel. They were first brought by the Indian tra- 

 ders and propagated by their seed, at the Apaniat- 

 icks in Virginia. Last year I planted the seed, 

 and had them sprung up before I came, from 

 thence, which was in August. Of the honey, very 

 good metheglin is made, there being orchards 

 planted in Virginia for that intent. 



The sorrel, or sowr wood tree, is so called be- 

 cause the leaves taste like sorrell. Some are about 

 a foot or ten inches diameter. I am unacquain- 

 ted with its virtues at present. 



Of pines, there are in Carolina, at least four 

 sorts. The pitch pine, growing to a great bigness, 

 most commonly has but a short leaf. Its wood 

 (being replete with abundance of bitumen) is so 

 durable, that it seems to suffer no decay, though 



