Penfyhania, Philadelphia. iij 



they had plainly perceived a fimilarity in 

 their features and fhape, the Greenlanders 

 being only fomewhat fmaller. They con- 

 cluded from hence, that all thefe three 

 kinds of Americans were the pofterity of 

 one and the fame defcendant of Noah, or 

 that they were perhaps yet more nearly re- 

 lated. How far their gueffes are to be re- 

 lied upon, I cannot determine. 



Ripe cherries were now already pretty 

 common, and confequently cheap. 



Yams are a fpecies of roots, which are 

 cultivated in the hotteft parts of America, 

 for eating, as we do potatoes. It has not 

 yet been attempted to plant them here, and 

 they are brought from the Weft Indies in 

 ihips ; therefore they are reckoned a rarity 

 here, and as fuch I ate them at Dr. Frank- 

 tin's to-day. They are white, and tafte like 

 common potatoes, but notquite fo agreeable; 

 and I think it would not be worth while to 

 plant them in Sweden, though they might 

 bear the climate. The plant thefe roots 

 belong to is the Diofcorea alata. 



The inhabitants make plenty of cheefe. 

 They are not reckoned fo good as Eng- 

 lijh cheefe : however, feme take them to 

 be full as good when old; and fo they 

 ieemed to me. A man from Bofton in New- 

 England told me, that they made ven good 



cheefe 



