Travels in North America. 93 



■The red Fir has fcarce any Refemblance with the white t Its 

 Wood is heavy, and may be employed for Building. The 

 Lands where it grows are only Gravel and Clay. The Spruce 

 Fir is gummy, but does not throv/ cut enough Gum tc be made 

 Ufe of : Its Wood lafls a long Time in the Earth without rot- 

 ting, which renders it very ht to make Inclofures : Its Bark is 

 very fit for the Tanners ; and the Savages make of it a Dye^ 

 which is pretty near a deep Blue, The greatelt Part of the 

 Land where this Tree grows, is Clay. I have neverthelefs feen 

 fome very large in a fandy Soil, but perhaps under the Sand 

 there might be Clay. 



The Cedars are of two Species, White and Red : The firft 

 ^ ^ . are the largeil : They make Pales of it ; and 



^Ijwo bpeaes oj ^^^^ ^.^^^ ^^^^^ generally make 



^'^"^^^^ Shingles with, becaufe of its Lightnefs. 



There diilills from it a Kind of Incenfe, or Perfume-; but it 

 bears no Fruit Jike that oi Mount Lebanon, The red Cedar is 

 fmaller ; The moft feniible Difference between one and the other 

 is, that the Smell of the firil is in its Leaves, and of the other in 

 the Wood ; but the lafl is by much the moft agreeable. The 

 Cedar, at leaft the White, grows only in a very good Soil, 



There are every where in Canada two Species of Oaks, di- 



Of the Oah ^inguiihed by the Names of White and Red. 

 Malle ^vHi"* The firft are often found in a low, wet, and 

 ri '1 fertile Soil, which is fit to produce Grain and 



Walnut ^^^^ Pulfe. The Red, whole Wood is lefs 

 ' * efteemed, grows in a dry and fandy Soil : 



Both Kinds bear Acorns. ---The Maple is very common in Ca-* 

 Kadtty and fome are very large, of which they make handfome 

 Furniture : They grow on high Grounds, which are fitteft for 

 Fruit-Trees. They call the Female Maple here Rhene^ the 

 Wood of which is wav'd, but paler than that of the Male : In 

 e ther Refpeds it has the fame Sh^ipe and Qualities ; but it 



requires a wet and fruitful Soil. The wild Cherry-Tree, 



which grows prom ifcuou fly with the Maple and the White 

 Wood, makes very fine Furniture : It yields more Water or 

 Juice than the Maple ; but it is bitter, and the Sugar made of 

 it never lofes its Bitternefs. The Savages make Ufe of its Baik 

 in certain Diforders that happen to Women. 



There are in Canada three Sorts of Alh ; the True, the Mon* 

 grel, and the Baftard : The firft Sort, which grows amongft 

 the Maples, is fit for the Carpenters Ufe, and to make Calks for 

 dry Goods : The fécond has the fame Properties, and grows as 

 ihe Baftard Kind does, only in a low and good Soil. 



They reckon alfo in this Country three Kinds of Walnuts ; 

 the hard, the foft, and a third Kind which has a very thin Bark : 



The 



