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" down. The insects were much larger than most of the 

 " genus, and of a lead-grey colour. 



"We were getting nearly tired of the ruggedness of 

 "our path, when we suddenly came upon a new and 

 " very good bridge across the brook, made of sound logs, 

 " which connected a good broad bridle-path, from which 

 " the fallen logs, etc., had been cleared away, and which 

 "had been used for the purpose of drawing out mill logs. 

 " As its course seemed to be nearly parallel with that of 

 " the brook (about south-west), we preferred pursuing it, 

 " as being much more pleasant and more easy of travel. 

 "The sides of the road were lined with the stumps of 

 " large spruces and hemlocks which had been felled the 

 "previous winter, and the road itself was strewn with 

 " the chips of the axe-men. The course lying through 

 " a cedar swamp, the ground was mossy, and in some 

 "places wet; here the scarlet stoneberry {Cornus 

 " Canadensis) was abundant, as well as the berries 

 "mentioned before. The former was ripe, and we ate 

 " very many ; they are farinaceous and rather agreeable. 

 " We followed this path till it appeared almost intermi- 

 M liable, though its tedious uniformity made it seem 

 "longer than it really was, as I suppose we did not walk 

 " more than a mile and a half on it, when I saw by the 

 "increasing light that we were approaching a large 

 " opening. 



" We now pressed on and found that we had reached 

 " the Brule, which was not a clearing, as I had expected, 

 "but covered with stunted and ragged spruce, from 

 " eight to twelve feet high, exactly resembling the small 

 "woods of Newfoundland on the borders of the large 

 " marshes. I found also the same plants, which I now 

 " saw for the first time in Canada. The ground was 

 "covered with the same spongy moss, with shrubs of 



