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qnently make great fires when they are 

 hunting, which fpread over the fir woods 

 when every thing is dry. 



Great tfforts are made here for the 

 advancement o'i Natural Hijlory, and there 

 are few places in the world where fuch good 

 regulations are made for this ufeful purpofe, 

 all which is chiefly owing to the care and 

 zeal of a fingle perfon. From hence it 

 appears, how well a ufeful fcience is re- 

 ceived and fct off, when the leading men of 

 a country are its patrons. The governor of 

 the fort, was pleafed to fhew me a long 

 paper, which the then governor-general of 

 Canada^ the Marquis la GaliJJonniere had 

 fent him. It was the fame marquis, who 

 fome years after, as a French admiral, en- 

 gaged the EjtgliJJj fleet under admiral By?2g, 

 the confequence of which v/as the conquefl: 

 oi Minorca, In this'writing, a number of 

 trees and plants are mentioned, which grow 

 in North- America, and defer ve to be collect- 

 ed and cultivated on account of their ufeful 

 qualities. Some of them are defcribed, 

 among which, is the Polygala Senega, or 

 Rattle Snake-root', and with feveral of them 

 the places where they grow are mentioned. 

 It is further requefted that all kinds of feeds 

 and roots be gathered here ; and, to afljft 

 fuch an undertaking, a method of preferv- 

 A 3 ing 



