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The hard Kind bears very fmail Nuts, good to eat, but hard to 

 ftiell : Its Wood is good for nothing but to burn. The fofc 

 £ind bears long Nuts, as big as thofe of France, but the Shells 

 #re very hard ; The Kernels are excellent. The Wood is not 

 fo fine as our's ; but to make Amends, it fcarce ever decays, ei« 

 -tber in Earth or in Water, and is with Difficulty confumed in 

 the Fire. The third Sort bears Nuts of the Bignefs of the 

 iirft,, but in a greater Quantity ; which are bitter, and inclofed 

 •in very foft Shells. They make very good Oil of thefe Nuts. 

 This Tree yields fweeter Water than the Maple, but in a fmaller 

 Quantity ; It grows only, like the foft Walnut, in the bell Soils. 



Beach Trees are very plentiful here. I have feen fome on 

 iandy Hills, and in very fruitful low Lands : They bear much 

 Mail, from which it would be eafy to extrad an Oil. The Bears 



.make it their principal Food, as do alfo the Partridges, The 

 Wood is very foft, and fit to make Oars for Boats ; but the Rud- 

 ders of Canoes are made of Maple, The White Wood, which 

 grows amongft the Maple and the wild Cherry, is very plenty. 

 Tàefe Trees grov/ large and lirait : They make Boards and 

 Planks of them, and alio Cafks for dry Goods : It is foft, and 

 eafy to v^ork. The Savages peel off the Bark to cover their 



. Cabins. 



Elms are very common through the whole Country. There 

 ^ p . ^ are white and red. The Wood of the firil 

 invo b}eaes of ^ardefi: to work, but lads longeft. The Iro^ 

 quozs make their Canoes of the Bark of the 

 sred Elm : There are fome of a fingle Piece, which will hold 

 twenty Men. There are alfo fome hollow Elms, where the Bears 

 find wild Cats retire from No'vemher to April, The Afpen-Tree 

 -çommonly grows here by the Sides of Rivers and Marlhes. 

 They find in the thickeil Woods a great Number of Plumb- 



Trees culiar to "^^^^^j ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ "^^^7 T\\:t 



_ rees pecu tar o j^^j^gg^r-Tree is a Shrub vety pithy, which 

 i^ountry. ^.^^^^ Bunches of a lharp Fruit, of an Ox» 



BÎQOd Colour. By infufmg them in Water they make a Kind of 

 Vinegar. The Pemine is another Kind of Shrub which grows 

 by the Side of Brooks, and Meadows. It bears a Bunch of 

 frmt of a lively red, which is aftringent. There are three 

 Sorts of Goolberries that grow naturally in this Country. They 

 the fame as in France, The Sloe grows here as in France : 

 *Thk Fruit is wonderful for curing the Bloody-Flux in a very 

 Ib^rfc Time* The Savages dry them as we do Cherries in 

 jF^mee'% 



The Jtoca is a Fruit with Kernels as big as a Cherry : This 

 fhxkt^ which runs upon the Ground in the Marflies^ produces 



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