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of Falkland’s Iflands. 
fant. A fmall fpecies of cranberry abounds, and is the 
food of the wild geefe all the autumn, when the geefe 
are beft . In the lpring feafon, and part of the fummer, 
there fprings up an extreme pretty humble flower, which 
neareft refembles in leaf the auricula, but in flower the 
primrofe ; only they blow quite white. In very barren 
craggy fpots, and even out of the clifts of the rocks near 
the fea-fhore, grows in the fummer feafon, a fmall fhrub 
which produces an uncommon but pretty flower, fhaped 
like a lady’s pocket ; the colour is a rich yellow, I termed 
it queen’s pocket : the feeds are very fmall. Thefe are 
all the natural vegetable productions, and nothing rifes 
to any fize, nor doth any tree grow, on any of thefe 
iflands ( b K 
The prevailing winds are from the S. to the W. for 
two-thirds of the year, and in general boiflerous and 
ftormy. The N. and N.W. winds are mild and warm; 
but feldom of long continuance. The winds from the 
N.E. are moift, foggy, and unwholefome. From E. to 
S. are molt pernicious, blighting, and tempefiuous ; they 
affeCt man, bird, beaft, and vegetation : nothing can Hand 
it which is expofed.. Happily its duration is fliort ; it 
feldom continues above 24 hours. It cuts the her- 
bage down as if fires had been made under them ; the 
leaves are parched up, and crumble to duff. The fowls 
are feized with cramps, fo as to become lame, and never 
( b ) Wood ftrawberries grow on tliefe iflands, and are ripe in March; are of 
an earthy infipid tafte, and grow to the fize of the common finall ftrawberry ia 
England. 
recover ; ; 
