174 May 1749* 



outalmoft like children. I was told that 

 fome eat the thighs of the hind legs, and 

 that they are very palatable. 



A tree which grows in the fwamps 

 here, and in other parts of Amtrica, goes 

 by the name of White Jumper- tree. Its 

 ftem indeed looks like one of our old tall 

 andftrait juniper-trees in Sweden: but the 

 leaves are different, and the wood is white. 

 The Englijh call it White Cedar, becaufe the 

 boards which are made of the wood, are 

 like thofe made of cedar. But neither of 

 thefe names are juft, for the tree is of the 

 cyprefs kind*.* It always grows in wet 

 ground or fwamps : it is therefore difficult to 

 come to them, becaufe the ground between 

 the little hillocks is full of water. The trees 

 fcandboth on the hillocks and in the water : 

 they grow very clofe together, and have 

 ftrait, thick, and tall items ; but they were 

 greatly reduced in number to what they 

 have been before. In fach places where 

 they are left to grow up, they grow as tall 

 and as thick as" the tailed fir-trees; they 

 preferve their green leaves both in winter 

 and fummer; the tall ones have no bran- 

 ches on the lower part of the ftem. 



The marfhes where thefe trees grew are 

 called Cedar Swamps. Thefe cedar fwamps 



are 



* Cufrefus thy aides. Linn. Spec, pi p. 1422. _ Cyprefius 

 Americana, frifftu miai.-no. Miller's Gard. Dictionary. 



