32 July 1749. 



The mountains near the (hore are amaz« 

 ingly high and large, confining of a com« 

 pad: grey rock-ftone, which does not ly in 

 flrata as the lime-flone, and the chief of 

 whofe conftituent parts are a grey quartz, 

 and a dark glimmer. This rock-flone reach- 

 ed down to the water, in places where the 

 mountains flood clofe to the fliore ; but 

 where they were at fome diftance from it, 

 they were fupplied by ftrata of grey 

 and black lime-llone, which reached to the 

 water fide, and which 1 never have feen 

 covered with the grey rocks. 



The Zizania aquatica grows in mud, 

 and in the moft rapid parts of brooks, and 

 is in full bloom about this time. 



July the 17th. The dillempers which 

 rage among the Indians are rheumatifms and 

 pkiirifies^ which arife from their being 

 obliged frequently to ly in moift parts of 

 the woods at night y from the fudden 

 changes of heat and cold, to which the air 

 is expofed here j and from their being fre- 

 quently loaded v/ith too great a quantity 

 of ftrong liquor, in which cafe they com- 

 monly \y down naked in the open air, 

 without any regard to the feafon, or the 

 weather. Thefe didempers, efpecially the 

 pleurifies, are likewife very common among 

 ihe French herej and the governor told ms 



