1 Vegetables and Birds of Sh^rks-B. 
An.i 6 '^g. la>fd. Of Trees or Shrubs here are divers 
forts ; but none above ten Foot high : 
Their Bodies about ^ Foot about, and 
5 or 6 Foot high before you come to the; 
Branches, which are bufhy and compos’d 
of fmall Twigs there fpreading abroad, 
tho’ thick fet, and full of Leaves ; which 
were moftly long and narrow. The Co- 
lour of the Leaves was- on one fide Whi- 
tifh , and on the other Green : and the 
Bark of the Trees was generally of the 
fame Colour with the Leaves , of a pale 
Green. ’ Some of thefe Trees were fweet- 
fcented, and reddifb within the Bark, like 
SaiTafras, but redder. Moft of the Trees 
and Shrubs had at this time either Blof- 
foms or Berries on them. The Bloffoms of 
the different fort of Trees were of feveral 
Colours, as Red, White, Yellow, &c. 
but moftly Blue : and thefe generally fmelt 
very fweet and fragrant , as did fome alfo 
of the reft. There were alfo befide fome 
Plants, Herbs, and tall Flowers, fome ve- 
ry fmall Flowers, growing on the Ground, 
that were fweet and beautiful, and for the 
moft part unlike any I *had feen elfe- 
svhere. 
There w^ere but few Land-Fowls : we 
faw none but Eagles, of the larger forts of 
Birds; but 5 or 6 forts of fmall Birds. The 
biggeft fort of thefe w^ere not bigger than 
Larks ; fome no bigger than Wrens, all 
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