[ *s ]. 
ginfeng and atalialhum in abundance, then 
kept generally an eaft cotirfe, having feveral 
hollows and fteep alcents and over many 
boggy rotten places, lome laurel and very 
high timber, then down the fide of a hill to 
an old beaver dam, over which we palled, 
and then over a large level of very good 
ground, tall timber and abundance of leather- 
bark or thy me lea , which is plentiful in all this 
part of the country. Our lodging was in this 
ipacious flat. 
The 15th, We fet out aN. E. courle, and 
pa fled by very thick and tall timber of beach, 
chelhut, linden alii, great magnolia, fugar- 
birch, fugar-maple, poplar, fpruce and fome 
white pine, with ginfeng and maidenhair ; 
the foil black on the furface, and brown un- 
derneath, the Hones a brown grit, the way very 
uneven over fallen trees, abundance of hollows, 
and heaps of earth, turned up by the roots 
of proftrate timber : hence it is that the fur- 
face is principally conrpofed of rotten trees, 
roots, and mols, perpetually fhaded, and for 
the raoft part wet, what falls is conftantly 
rotting and rendring the earth loole and Ipungy , 
this tempts abundance of yellow walps to 
breed in it, which were very troublelome 
to us throughout our journey, on the branches 
of Sufqnehanab our courle this day was gene- 
rally eaft, and we got through this dilmal 
wildcrnefs about two hours before funfet, and 
came 
