. 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. Between ^ebec and Lorette. 303 bin either three or four flowers, which are fo «cecd,ngly foall. that the plant might .ll\, c taken for a bent grafi * ; and its feeds have
. 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. Between ^ebec and Lorette. 303 bin either three or four flowers, which are fo «cecd,ngly foall. that the plant might .ll\, c taken for a bent grafi * ; and its feeds have fevcral fmall downy hairs at the bottom. The 0 her plant which grows in the meadows, is be ^hte clover f. Thefe two plants form the iiay in the meadows, they ftand clofe ,nd thick together and the fpoaj is pretty .all. but has very thin ftaiks. Af the root of .he meadow-grafs the ground was quite covered with clover, lo that one cannot wilh for finer meadows than are found here. Almoft all the meadows have been formerly corn-fields, as ap- pears from the furrows on the ground, which retnamed. They can be mown but once every fummer. as fpring commences very late. TliEy were now bufied with makin-. hav. and getnng ,t m and 1 was told, the^ had begun about a vveek ago. They have hay-ftacks near moft of their meadows, and on the wet ones they make ufe of conic hay-ftacks. Their meadows are commonly without enclofures, the cattle being in the paftures on the other fide of the woods, and having cowherds to take care of mem where they are neceflary. The corn-fields are pretty large. I faw no drams any where, though theyVeemed to be wanting ,n fome places. They are divided into ndges, of the breadth of two or three yards broad between the furrows. The perpendi- cular height ot the middle of the ridge, Jrom • ^^rojlis. Linn. \'Tri/ilmm recent, Linn, TrifoUum p) ifonum fratenfd allum, P, 1 III th< 8. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned p
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