. Travels into North America [microform] : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general : with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. Natural history; Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. â a/mMSfim,!*'^. ^sa 110 Septemkr 174S4 H!. pepper or other fpice thrown upon them, and thd difh IS ready. The Indians hkewife fow feveral kinds of beans, which for the gr
. Travels into North America [microform] : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general : with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. Natural history; Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. â a/mMSfim,!*'^. ^sa 110 Septemkr 174S4 H!. pepper or other fpice thrown upon them, and thd difh IS ready. The Indians hkewife fow feveral kinds of beans, which for the greateft part they have got from the Europeans. But peafe, which they hkewife fow, they have always had amongft them, before any foreigners came into the coun^ *'*y\., ^!/^"^^*^sof^he Indians, which now are Iikewife cultivated by the Europeans, belong to thofe kinds of gourds (cucurbita) which ripen before any other. They are a very delicious fruit, but wi not keep. I have however feen them kept till pretty late in winter. Sept, 30th. Wheat and rye are fown in au- tumn about this time, and commonly reaped ^Z^7't^}\^ ^^^ of >;7^, or in the beginning of July, Thefe kinds of corn^ however, are fometimes ready to be reaped in the middle of "June, and there are even examples that they have been mown in the beginning of that month. Barley and oats are fown in April, and they commonly begin to grow ripe towards the end of >A, Buck-wheat is fown in the middle or at the end of July, and is about this time, or fomewhat later, ready to be reaped. If it be fown before the above-mentioned time, as in May, or in June, it only gives flowers, and little or no corn. .Mr, Bartram and other people affured me, that moft of the cows, which the Englijh have here, are the offspring of thofe which they bought of the Swedes, when they were maf^trs of the country. The Englilh themfelves are faid to have brought over but few. The Swedes either brought their cattle from home, or bought them
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