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WOODS. 2SI 
territory, it is said that trees are commonly to 
be met with seven and eight feet in diameter. 
Where this is the case, the trees must certainly 
grow much farther apart than they do in the 
woods in the middle states, towards the At¬ 
lantic, for there they spring up so very close 
to each other, that it is absolutely impossible 
for them to attain to a great diameter. 
The woods here were composed chiefly of 
oaks *, hiccory, hemlock, and beech trees, 
intermixed with which appeared great num¬ 
bers of the smooth bark or Weymouth pines, 
as they are called, that seem almost peculiar 
to this part of the country. A profusion of 
wild raspberries were growing in the woods 
here, really of a very good flavour; they are 
commonly found in the woods to the north¬ 
ward of this; in Canada they abound every 
where. 
Beyond Fort Anne, which is situated at the 
distance of eight miles from Fort Edward, the 
roads being better, we once more mounted 
into our vehicle; but the miserable horses, 
quite jaded, now made a dead stop; in vain 
the driver bawled, and stamped, and swore; 
his whip had been previously worn out some 
hours, owing to the frequent use he had 
made of it, and the animals no longer feeling 
* There are upwards of twenty different kinds of oaks in 
America. 
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