T ravels îjî North America. 



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its Fruit in the Water. The Fruit is fliarp, and they make 

 Sweet- Meats of it. The White-Thorn is found by the Sides of 

 Rivers, and produces much Fruit with three Kernels. This is 

 the Food of many wild Beads. They call here the Cotton- 

 Tree a Plant which ihoots up like Afparagus, to the Height of 

 about three Feet, at the Top of which grow many Tufts of 

 Flowers. In the Morning, before the Dew is off, they fhake 

 thefe Flowers, and there falls off with the Water a Kind q£ 

 Honey, which is made into Sugar by boiling. The Seed grows 

 in a Bladder, which contains a very fine Sort of Cotton* The 

 Soliel (the Sun) is another Plant very common in the Fields of 

 the Savages, and which grows feven or eight Feet high. Its 

 Flower, which is very large, is in the Shape of a Marigold, and 

 the Seed grows in the fame Manner. The Savages by boiling 

 it draw out an Oil, with which they greafe their Hair. The 

 Plants which thefe People principally cultivate are Maiz, or 



TurÂey Whesity Kidney Beans, Gourds, and Melons. They 



liave a Kind of Gourd lefs than our's, which has a fweet 

 Tafte, They boil them whole, or roaft them under the Aflies, 

 and eat them thus without any thing with them. The Savages 

 before our Arrival here had the common Melons, and the Wa- 

 ter Melons. The firft are as good as our's in France^ efpecially 

 in this Ifland, where they are very plenty. Hops and Maiden- 

 Hair are the natural Growth of this Country ; but the Maiden». 

 Hair grows higher here, and is infinitely better than in France. 



— Here is a Letter, Madam, in which you will eafiiy. 



diftinguifh a Traveller who ranges thro' the Woods and Plains 

 of Canada^ and who is entertained with every thing that pre^ 

 fenrs itfelf to his View, 



LETTER 



