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sweet harbor, seven miles from the head-point of Cape 

 Ann. There was an island (Ten pound island) whither 

 four of our men with a boat went and brought back again 

 ripe strawberries and gooseberries and sweet, single 

 roses." 



" The sweet briar and gooseberries are still found on the 

 island and before it was cleared up, strawberries were 

 found there," says Dr. Charles Pickering. 



"Monday, 29th. We passed the curious and difficult 

 entrance into the large and spacious harbor of Naimkecke, 

 and as we passed along, it was wonderful to behold so 

 many islands replenished with thick wood and high trees 

 and many fair, green pastures." After passing the winter 

 of 1629-30 at Salem, Mr. Higginson writes: "The fer- 

 tility of the soil is to be admired at, as appeareth in the 

 abundance of grass that groweth everywhere, both very 

 thick, very long and very high, in divers places. But it 

 groweth very wildly with a great stalk and a broad and 

 ranker blade, because it had never been eaten with cattle, 

 nor mowed with a scythe, and seldom trampled on by 

 foot. 



" Our Governor hath store of green pease growing in his 

 garden, as good as ever I eat in England. This country 

 aboundeth naturally with store of roots of great variety 

 and good to eat. Our turnips, parsnips and carrots are 

 here both bigger and sweeter than is ordinarily to be 

 found in England. Here are also store of pumpions, 

 cowcumbers, and other things of that nature which I 

 know not ; also divers excellent pot-herbs, growing among 

 the grasse, as strawberrie leaves in all places of the 

 country and plenty of strawberries in their time, and 

 penny royal, winter savory, sorrell, brooklinie ( Veronica 

 Americana), liverwort, carvell and water cresses. Also 

 leeks and onions are ordinary and divers physical herbs. 



