202 Augujl 1749. 



I FOUND fand of three kinds upon the 

 {liore ; one is a clear coarfe fand, confining 

 of anguiated grains of quartz, and is very 

 common on the ihore ; the other is a fine 

 black fand, v*^hich I have hkewife found 

 in abundance on the fhores of lake Cham- 

 plain, '^ and which is common all over Ca- 

 nada, Almoil every grain of it is attradled 

 by the magnet. Befides this, there is a 

 granet coloured fand -j-, which is likewife 

 very fine. This may owe its origin to the 

 granet coloured grains of fand, which are 

 to be found in all the fi:ones and mountains 

 here near the (liore. The fand may have 

 arifen from the crumbled pieces of fome 

 flones, or the fiones may have been com- 

 pofed of it, I have found both this and the 

 black fand on the fhores, in fsveral parts of 

 this journey ; but the black fand was always 

 the moft plentiful. 



Augiift (^^ 311^- All the high hills in 

 the ncighbouihood fent up a fmoke ihis 

 morning, as irom a charcoal- kiln. 



Gnats are innumerable here; and as 

 foon as one looks out of doors, they imme- 

 diately attack hiin ; and they are ilill worfe 

 in the woods. Thty are exadiy the fame 



* See p. 24. of this volume. 

 j See p. 24. of this voluine. 



gnats 



