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slender, and were laden with cones of three 

 different stages of growth ; some a year 

 old, not larger than large peas, and of a 

 globular figure ; others two years old, 

 ovate and pointed ; and the remainder 

 ripe, with their scales open and reflexed, 

 having been four years on the tree. 



In the marshes on the left the note of 

 the Snipe [Scolopaa Gallinago) was heard 

 continually. 



At the distance of a quarter of a mile 

 before we come to Troye, on the right, are 

 the mineral springs of Hille. 



Troye post-house, which Professor Rud- 

 beck the elder used to call Troy, is sur- 

 rounded by a smooth hill. 



The road from hence lay across a marsh 

 called by the people the walls of Troy, a 

 quarter of a mile in extent, destitute of 

 large trees. The Sweet Gale (Mi/rica 

 Gale), laden with catkins about its upper 

 branches, was abundant every where, as 

 well as the Dwarf Birch (Betula nana). 

 These form a sort of low alley through 

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