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Engliflj colonies ; the lafl is more abundant 

 in Cafiada. The feeds are fovvn in fpring, 

 after the cold is entirely gone off, in a good 

 rich ground, at fome diftance from each 

 other y becaufe their ftalks fpread far, and 

 require much room, if they Ihall be very 

 fruitful. They were now ripe at Montreal -, 

 but in the Englijh colonies they ripen in 

 July and Auguji, They commonly require 

 lefs time to ripen in, than the common 

 melons. Thofe in the Rnglifi colonies are 

 commonly fweeter, and more agreeable, 

 than the Canada ones. Does the greater 

 heat contribute any thing towards making 

 them more palatable ? Thofe in the pro- 

 vince of New-Tork are, however, reckoned 

 the beft. 



The water-melons are very juicy; and 

 the juice is mixed with a cooling pulp, 

 which is very good in the hot fummer-fea- 

 fon. Nobody in Canada, in Albany, and 

 in other parts of New-Tork, could produce 

 an example, that the eating of water-me- 

 lons in great quantities had hurt any body; 

 and there are examples even of fick perfons 

 eating them without any danger. Further 

 to the fouth, the frequent ufe of them it 

 is thought brings on intermitting fevers, 

 and other bad diflempers, efpecially in fuch 

 people as are lefs ufed to them. Many 

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