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they climb to the tops of them, and wholly 

 cover them, making them bend down with 

 their weight. They had already large 

 grapes j we faw them abundant all this 

 day, and during all the time that we kept 

 to the river Hudfon, on the hills, along the 

 Chores, and on fome little iflands in the 

 river. 



The white-b ck:d Maize-thieves appeared 

 now and then, flying amongft the bufhes : 

 their note is fine, and they are not fo large 

 as' the black maize- thieves, (Oriohis Phce- 

 niceus). We faw them near New Tork, for 

 the firfi: time. 



We found a Water-beech tree (Plat anus 

 Occident alts) cut down near the road, mea- 

 furing about five feet in diameter. 



This day, and for fome days afterwards, 

 we met with, iflands in the river. The 

 larger ones were cultivated, and turned into 

 corn-fields and meadows. 



We walked about five Englijh miles along 

 the river to-day, and found the ground, 

 during that time, very uniform, and confid- 

 ing of pure earth. I did not meet with a 

 iingle (tone on the fields. The Red Maple, 

 the Water- beech, the Water-alp, the wild 

 Prune-tree, the Sumach, the Elm, the wild 

 Vines, and fome fpecies of Willows, were 



the 



