. 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. Lorefte. 307 fugar-birch + the forb-tree, the Canada pine, called Peruffe, the mealy-tree with dentated juft before defcnbcd. and the berry - bearing The Gnats in this woo


. 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. Lorefte. 307 fugar-birch + the forb-tree, the Canada pine, called Peruffe, the mealy-tree with dentated juft before defcnbcd. and the berry - bearing The Gnats in this wood were more nume- rous than we could have wiflied. Cold water they reckon the beft remedy againft the bite, when the wounded places are .walhed with ic immediately after. At night we returned to LoreUe, having ac- curately examined thp plants of note we met with to-day. ^i^gnji 14th. Loretie Is a village three Frenc/i "l! n ^? '^«,.^^ftward of ^e^ec. Inhabited chicHybyln^^ans of the Hr^rm nation, convert- ed to the Roman catholic religion. The village hes near a Utile river, which falls over a rock there, with a great noife, and turns a faw-mill and a flour-mill. When the Jefuit, who is now with them, arrived among them, they lived in their ufual huts, which are made like thofe of \Xit Laplanders. They have fince laid afide this cuftom, and built all their houfes after the /r^;7^>^ fafhion. In each houfe are two rooms, w;2; their bed-room, and the kitchen on the outfide before it. In the room is a fmafl oven ot Itone, covered at top with an iron plate. Their beds are near the wall, and they put no other clothes on them than thofe which they are dreffed in. Their other furniture and utenfils X Beiula Nigra, Linn. • Vtburvnm dentatuntt Linn. X2 look ii 1 IJi. 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


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