SEPTEMBER. 299 
belled bright blue berries of Smilacina Borealis, and many 
others. In pressing through the brush, we got our clothes 
bedaubed with a nasty substance, which we discovered to 
proceed from thousands of the Aphis Lanata (?) which we 
had crushed ; they were so thickly clustered round the 
branches of the alders as to make a solid mass^ half an inch 
thick, covered with ragged filaments of white down. The 
insects were much larger than most species of this genus, of 
a lead-gray colour. We were getting nearly tired of the 
ruggedness of our path, when we suddenly came upon a new 
and very good bridge across the brook, made of round (that 
is, unhewn) logs, which connected a good broad path, from 
which the fallen trees and incumbrances had been cleared 
away, and which had evidently been used for the purpose 
of drawing out mill-logs in winter, with sleds. As its course 
seemed to be nearly parallel with that of the brook (about 
south-west), we preferred pursuing it, as being much more 
pleasant and easy of travel. The sides of the road were 
lined with the stumps of large spruces and hemlocks, which 
had been felled the previous winter ; and the road itself was 
strewn with the chips of the axemen. The course lying 
through a cedar swamp, the ground was mossy, and in some 
places wet ; here the Scarlet Stoneberry was abundant, as 
well as the berries mentioned before. The former {Cornus 
Canadensis) is a low and pretty plant, having a white 
flower, resembling that of a strawberry, and four large oval 
green leaves on the ground. At present they were crowned 
with the little cluster of bright red berries, which were ripe, 
and we ate many : they are farinaceous and agreeable. This 
plant is common in Newfoundland. I found an Orchis, con- 
sisting of two very large oval leaves, deeply plaited, but it 
had no flower. We continued to follow this path till 
it appeared almost interminable, though its tedious uni- 
formity made it seem longer than it really was, as I suppose 
