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We have numerous kinds of gralTes in 

 Swede}iy which make infinitely finer mea- 

 dows than this. 



July the 30th. The wild Plumb-trees 

 grow in great abundnnce on the hil!s, along 

 the rivulets abo'it ii^ town. They were 

 fo loaded with fruit, that the bonH:hs were 

 ^uite bent downwards by the weigiit. The 

 fruit vvas not yet rip^» but when it comes 

 to that perfecflion^ it has a red colour and 

 a fine tafte, and pieierves are ibmetiines 

 made of it. 



Black Ctrrrants {Rlbes -nigrum: Limi,^ are 

 plentiful in the fame places, and its beiues 

 were ripe at this time. They are very fmall, 

 and not by far fo agreeable as ihofe in Sweden. 



Parfneps grow in great abundance on the 

 rifing banks of rivers, along the corn-fields, 

 and in other places. This led me to think, 

 that they were original natives of America, 

 and not firfl brought over by the Europeans^ 

 But on my journey into the country of the 

 -Iroquois i where no European ever had a fet- 

 tlement, I never once faw it, though the 

 foil was excellent ; and from hence it ap- 

 pears plain enough, that it was tranfported 

 hither from Europe, and is not originally 

 an American plant 3 and therefore it is in 

 vain fought for in any part of this con- 

 E 2 tinent. 



