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" down. The insects were much larger than most of the 

 " genus, and of a lead-grey colour. 



" We were getting nearly tired of the ruggedness of 

 "our path, when we suddenly came upon a new and 

 " very good bridge across the brook, made of sound logs, 

 " which connected a good broad bridle-path, from which 

 "the fallen logs, etc., had been cleared away, and which 

 "had been used for the purpose of drawing out mill logs. 

 "As its course seemed to be nearly parallel with that of 

 "the brook (about south-west), we preferred pursuing it, 

 " as being much more pleasant and more easy of travel. 

 "The sides of the road were lined with the stumps of 

 " large spruces and hemlocks which had been felled the 

 "previous winter, and the road itself was strewn with 

 " the chips of the axe-men. The course lying through 

 " a cedar swamp, the ground was mossy, and in some 

 "places wet; here the scarlet stoneberry {Corniis 

 ''Canadensis) was abundant, as well as the berries 

 ''m.entioned before. The former was ripe, and we ate 

 " very many ; they are farinaceous and rather agreeable. 

 "We followed this path till it appeared almost intermi- 

 '* nable, though its tedious uniformity made it seem 

 "longer than it really was, as I suppose we did not walk 

 " more than a mile and a half on it, when I saw by the 

 "increasing light that we were approaching a large 

 " opening. 



" We now pressed on and found that we had reached 

 " the Brule, which was not a clearing, as I had expected, 

 "but covered with stunted and ragged spruce, from 

 "eight to twelve feet high, exactly resembling the small 

 "woods of Newfoundland on the borders of the large 

 " marshes. I found also the same plants, which I now 

 "saw for the first time in Canada. The ground was 

 "covered with the same spongy moss, with shrubs of 



