. 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. .i i I. ,-. ,1 ? ! t 'i 'â 'fr-''::,!' f ( 't â ,i \%'i: i«4 Jiftfr^/§ 1749- time made almoft in the fame manner ai tbey are now, or about as broad again ai the true Swedijh ones* Timber and great beams
. 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. .i i I. ,-. ,1 ? ! t 'i 'â 'fr-''::,!' f ( 't â ,i \%'i: i«4 Jiftfr^/§ 1749- time made almoft in the fame manner ai tbey are now, or about as broad again ai the true Swedijh ones* Timber and great beams of wood were carried upon a dray. They baked ereat loaves, fuch as they do now. They had never any bifcuit, though the clergymen, who came from Sweden, commonly got fome baked. The Englijh on their arrival here bought large tradts of land of the Swedes, at a very inconfiderablc price. The father of the old Swede fold an eflate to the Englijh, which at this time would be reckoned worth three hundred pounds, for which he got a cow, a fow, and a hundred gourds. With regard to the decreafe of birds, the number of them and fifli, he was wholly of that opinion which I have al- ready mentioned *. This was the account which the old man gave me of the former ftate of the Swedes in this country. I (hall Ipeak more particularly of it in the fe- quel. Hurricanes are fome times very vio- lent here, and often tear up great trees. They fomctimes proceed as it were in pe- culiar tradls, or lines. In fome places^ elpecially in the hurricane's tradl, all the tree^ ⢠See vol, I. page Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kalm, Pehr, 1716-1779. London : Printed for the editor; and sold by T. Lowndes . ..
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