1769. Osober.

Sunday 29.

hills, in a boundless fucceffion. The ridges of thefe hills. produce little befides fern; but the fides are most luxuriantly clothed with wood, and verdure of various kinds, with little plantations intermixed. In the woods, we found trees of above twenty different forts, and carried fpecimens of each on board; but there was no body among us to whom they were not altogether unknown. The tree which we cut for firing was fomewhat like our maple, and yielded a whitish. gum. We found another fort of it of a deep yellow, which we thought might be useful in dying. We found also one cabbage tree, which we cut down for the cabbages. The country abounds with plants, and the woods with birds, in an endless variety, exquifitely beautiful, and of which none of us had the leaft knowlege. The foil both of the hills and valleys is light and fandy, and very fit for the production of all kinds of roots; though we faw none except sweet potatoes and yams.

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