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mbwn in the beginning of that month. 

 Barley and oats are fown in April, and 

 they commonly begin to grow ripe towards 

 the end of July. Buck-wheat is fown in 

 the middle or at the end of jFa^, and is 

 about this time, or fomewhat later, ready- 

 to be reaptfd. If it be fown before the 

 above-mentioned time, as in May, or in 

 June, it only gives flowers, and little or no 

 corn. 



Mr. Bar tram and other people afTured 

 me, that moft of the cows which the En^ 

 glijh have here, are the offspring of thofe 

 which they bought; of the Swedes when they 

 were mafters of the country. The Englijh 

 themfelves are faid to have brought over 

 but few. The Swedes either brought their 

 cattle from home, or bought them of the 

 Dutch, who were then fettled here. 



Near the town, I faw an Ivy or Hedera 

 Helix, planted againft the wall of a ftone 

 building, which was fo covered by the 

 fine green leaves of this plant, as almoft to 

 conceal the whole. It was doubtlefs brought 

 over from Europe, for I have never perceiv- 

 ed it any where elfe on my travels through 

 North' America. But in its ftead I have 

 often feen wild vines made to run up the 

 walls. 



I ASKED Mr. Bartramj whether he had 



obferved. 



