of the River, and by reason of the crookednesse of the River
at that place, several Trees lay athwart both branches, which
stopped up the passage of each branch, that we could proceed
no further with our Boat; but we went up the River side by
land some three or four miles, and found the River to enlarge
it self: So we returned, leaving it as far as we could see up a
long reach running N. E. we judging our selves from the
Rivers mouth North near fifty leagues; we returned, viewing
the Land on both sides the River, and found as good tracts
of land, dry, well wooded, pleasant and delightful as we have
seen any where in the world, with great burthen of Grasse
on it, the land being very level, with steep banks on both
sides the River, and in some places very high, the woods
stor'd with abundance of Deer and Turkies every where; we
never going on shoar, but saw of each also Partridges great
store, Cranes abundance, Conies, which we saw in several
places; we heard several Wolves howling in the woods, and
saw where they had torn a Deer in pieces. Also in the River
we saw great store of Ducks, Teile, Widgeon, and in the
woods great flocks of Parrakeeto's; ¹ the Timber that the woods
afford for the most part consisting of Oaks of four or five
sorts, all differing in leaves, but all bearing Akorns very good:
we measured many of the Oaks in several places, which we
found to be in bignesse some two, some three, and others
almost four fathoms; in height, before you come to boughs
or limbs, forty, fifty, sixty foot, and some more, and those
Oaks very common in the upper parts of both Rivers; Also
a very tall large Tree of great bignesse, which some do call
Cyprus, the right name we know not, growing in Swamps.
Likewise Walnut, Birch, Beech, Maple, Ash, Bay, Willough,
Alder and Holly; and in the lowermost parts innumerable
of Pines, tall and good for boards or masts, growing for the
most part in barren sandy ground, but in some places up
the River in good ground, being mixed amongst Oaks and
other Timber. We saw several Mulberry-trees, multitudes of
Grape-Vines, and some Grapes which we did eat of. We
found a very large and good tract of Land on the N. W. side
of the River, thin of Timber, except here and there a very
great Oak, and full of Grasse, commonly as high as a mans

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