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The cedar is of two forts, the white and the red ; 

 the former are the thickeft of the two ; of thefe are 

 made palings, and this too is the wood mod commonly 

 made ufe of for mingles, on account of its light- 

 nefs. There diftills a fort of incenfe from it, but 

 it is without any fruit like thofe of Mount Liba- 

 nus. The red cedar is fhorter and thinner in pro- 

 portion. The moft fenfible difference between 

 them, is, that all the odour of the former is in the 

 leaves, and that of the fecond in its wood ; but 

 the latter is the more agreeable flavour. The 

 cedar, at lean: the white fort grows only in good 

 ground. 



There are all over Canada two forts of oaks, 

 diftinguifhed by the names of the white and red 

 oaks. The flrft are often found in lands which are 

 low, fwampy, fertile, and proper for producing 

 corn and legumes. The red, the wood of which 

 is the leafb efteemed, grow in dry fandy lands, both 

 of them bear acorns. The maple is likewife very 

 common in Canada, is very large and is made into 

 good furniture ; this grows on high grounds, and 

 fuch as are fit for bearing fruit-trees, which they 

 call Rhene. Here is the female maple, the wood 

 of which is ftreaked and clouded very much, but is 

 paler than the male ; befides it has all its qualities 

 as well as its colour j but it mufl have a moifl and 

 rich foil. 



The cherry-tree, which is found promifcuo; tfly 

 amongfl: the maple and white wood trees, is vc 

 fit for making furniture; it yields a mu h greater 

 quantity of juice than the maple, but this is bit • 

 and the fugar made of it never lofes this qua, 

 The Indians ufe its bark againfl: certain difea 



Q^4 which 



