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sink through one to four feet deep ; below this a 

 Hard and sound bottom ih found, which makes 

 those places somewhat different from those, of a 

 similar description, I have been used to see ; At 

 first I was somewhat timid, to go through, for 

 fear of sinking deeper in, than I would be able 

 to get out again, but finding so solid a base we 

 went on from one side to the other without any 

 danger: the Cranberrys of last year's growth, were 

 now in such a condition to make a very agree- 

 able & pleasant repast : I never thought to eat 

 so much of this fruit raw, as I dit this day. 



On the edges towards the water, the Orontium 

 aquaticum was in full bloom, which I suppose has 

 been done flowering long ago in the nighborhood 

 of Philada., amongst the Cranberry patches the 

 Sarracenia purpurea, was begining to flower — 

 further oft, & more near to the dry ground the 

 Andromeda pulverulenta, & still more farther 

 back from it the Kalmia angustifolia made very 

 thick & low covers of the ground : — Here & there 

 I observed some of the Larix americana calld 

 here Tamarack tree — & a great deal of that kind 

 of Pines calld here double spruce ; for want of 

 descriptions I can not recollect which it is. — Sev- 

 eral species of Carices grew among the moss — & 

 in the ponds itself the ^Nymphea lutea began to 

 show its flowers. — Those ponds unite their water 

 & fall down Pokona to furnish one of the 

 branches of Lehigh river. This mountain 

 seems to be a good deal higher than the blue 

 ridge & its vegetable productions show the rela- 

 tion of its climate, with that of Canada, I dont 

 know whether Rhodora canadensis has been 



