THE PACIFIC OCEAN. &91 
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Weft, hazy with rain. The climate, as far as we had any 1778. 
experience of it, is infinitely milder than that on the Eaft , AprlI, ^ t 
coaft of America, under the fame parallel of latitude. The 
mercury in the thermometer never, even in the night, fell 
lower than 42 0 ; and very often, in the day, it rofe to 6o°. 
No fuch thing as froft was perceived in any of the low 
ground ; on the contrary, vegetation had made a confider- 
able progrefs; for I met with grafs that was already above 
a foot long. 
The trees which chiefly compofe the woods, are the Ca¬ 
nadian pine, white cyprefs, cyprejfus thyoides> the wild pine, 
with two or three other forts of pine lefs common. The 
two firft make up almoft two thirds of the whole ; and, at. 
a diftance, might be miftaken for the fame tree; as they 
both run up into pointed fpire-like tops ; but they are eafily 
diftinguifhed on coming nearer, from their colour; the 
cyprefs being of a much paler green, or ftiade, than the 
other. The trees, in general, grow with great vigour, and 
are all of a large fize. 
There is but little variety of other vegetable productions, 
though, doubtlefs, feveral had not yet fprung up at the 
early feafon when we vifited the place; and many more 
might be hid from the narrow fphere of our refearches. 
About the rocks, and verge of the woods, we found ftraw- 
berry-plants, fome rafberry, currant, and goofeberry bullies; 
which were all in a moft flourilhing ftate; with a few final! 
black alder-trees. There are, like wife, a fpecies of fow- 
thiftle; goofe-grafs ; fome crow’s-foot, which has a very 
fine crimfon flower; and two forts of anthericum ; one with 
a large orange flower; and the other with ahlue one. We 
alfo found, in thefe fituations, fome wild rofe-bulhes, which 
were juft budding; a great quantity of young leeks, with 
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