3 14 June i? ty. 



and I cannot fufficiently defcribe the fine 

 tafte it has in fuch circumftances. It re- 

 lieves a weary traveller more than can be 

 imagined, as I have myfelf experienced, to- 

 gether with a great many others who have 

 travelled through the defart forefts of Ame- 

 rica ', on fuch journeys, tea is found to be 

 almofl as necefiary as victuals w . 



June the 30th. This morning we' left 

 our boat to the Frenchmen, who made ufe 

 of it to carry their provifions ; for we could 

 net make any further ufe of it, on account 

 ®f the number of trees which the French 

 had thrown acrofs the river during the laft 

 war, to prevent the attacks of the EngiiJJo 

 upon Cana J a. The Frenchmen gave us 

 leave to make ufe of one of their boats, 

 which they had left behind them, about fix 

 miles from the place where we palled the 

 lad: night. Thus we continued our journey 

 on foot, along the river ; and found the 

 country fiat, with fome little vales here and 

 there. It was every where covered with 

 tall trees, of the deciduous kind ; among 

 which the beech, the elm, the American 

 lime-tree, and the fugar-maple, were the 



moil 



* On my travels through the defart plains, beyond the 

 river Volga, 1 have had feveral opportunities of making 

 the fame obfervations on Tea ; and every traveller, in the 

 fame circumftances, will readily allow them to be very 

 juft. F. 



