164 May 1749. 



which render it ccnfpicuous even at a dif- 

 tance. At this time it is a pleafure to tra- 

 vel through the woods, fo much are they 

 beautified by the bloffoms of this tree. The 

 flowers which are within the Involucra be- 

 gan to open to-day. The tree does not grow 

 to any considerable height or thicknefs, but 

 is about the iize of our Mountain Jfi (Sor- 

 bus aucuparia). There are three fpecies 

 of this tree in the woods ; one with great 

 white Involucra, another with fmall white 

 ones, and a third with reddifh ones. 



The woods were now full of birds : I 

 faw the lefler fpecies every where hopping 

 on the ground, or creeping in bufhes, 

 without any great degree of ihinefs j it is 

 therefore very ealy for all kinds of fnakes. 

 to approach and bite them. I believe that 

 the rattlefnake has nothing to do but to ly 

 ftill, and without waiting long, fome little 

 bird or other will pais by or run directly upon 

 her, giving her an opportunity of catching 

 it, without any enchantment. 



Salem is a little trading town, fituated 

 at fome diftance from the river Delaware. 

 The houfes do not ftand far afunder, and 

 are partly (tone, and partly wood. A rivu- 

 let panes by the town, and falls into the 

 Delaware. The inhabitants live by their 

 feveral trades, as well as they can. In the 



neigh- 



