. 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; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. morrling i veen At- Albany» hidfon, as 5 They inks, and and furs, or which K They ily bring a Dng which abfolutely Albany ; jade with ank, they X the price etty large, :h the paf- Qy lodged. red Ce- ently, th
. 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; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. morrling i veen At- Albany» hidfon, as 5 They inks, and and furs, or which K They ily bring a Dng which abfolutely Albany ; jade with ank, they X the price etty large, :h the paf- Qy lodged. red Ce- ently, the , and the tter with- r than the wife apt to :hing, and arts full of h the keel therefore they Albany. i^i they choofe white oak for the bottom, as being the fofter wood, and not fplitting fo^ cafily: and the bottom being continually under water, is not fo much expofed to putrefaction, and holds out longer. The Canoes which the y^^chts have along with them, are made of a fingle piece of wood, hollowed out; they are fharj. jn both ends, frequently three or four fathoms long, and as broad as the: thicknefs of the wood will allow. The people in it do not row fitting, but com- monly a fellow ftands at each end, with a (hort oar in. liis h:ind. with which he <^o- Verns and brings tlie cnn(;c forv/qrds. Thofe v'hich are made hef'.- lu Albanyy are comn o ⢠j,' be ivhit*'. P'me i thev can do fervice for ti-* . ^jv tv rlvc years, efpecinlly if they be tarred and pi p. ted. At Albany they make themi of the white p»ne, fince there is no other wood fit for them ; at New Tork they are made of the tulip-tree^ and in other parts they are made of red or white cedars: but both thefe trees are fo fmall, in the neighbourhood of Albany^ that they are unfit for canoes; there are no feats in the canoes, for if they had any, they would be more liable to be overfct, as one could not keep the equilibrium fo well. Vol. IL Q^ Batto««. n â 11* pi Please note that these images are
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