INDEX.

A.

Acer Negundo, i. 67.

—— rubrum, red maple, i. 66.

Achillæa millefolium, iii. 291.

Adiantum pedatum, maiden-hair, iii. 118.

Albany, town of, ii. 255.

—— fort at, ii. 258.

—— houses of, ii. 256.

—— inhabitants of, ii. 21,

—— situation of, ii. 258.

Albecor, i. 19.

Algonkin words, iii. 204.

Allium Canadense? ii. 133.

Anas acuta, blue bill, i. 237.

Anemone hepatica, ii. 104.

Anies, iii. 181.

Animals, tameable, i. 207.

Anne fort near Canada, ii. 297.

Annona muricata, custard apple, i. 69.

Antiquities found in North-America, iii. 123.

Ants, black, ii. 68.

—— red, ii. 70.

Apocynum androsæmifolium, iii. 26.

—— cannabinum, i. 131. ii. 131.

Arctium lappa, burdock, iii. 27.

Ardea Canadensis, ii. 72.

Arum Virginium, Virginian wake-robin, i. 125.

Arundo arenaria, iii. 210.

Asclepias Syriaca, iii. 28.

Asp, Pensylvanian, ii. 125.

Azalea lutea, i. 66.

—— nudiflora, white honey-suckle, or May-flower, ii. 169.

B.

Badger, i. 189.

Bark-boats, method of making, ii. 298.

Battoes, ii. 242.

Bay St. Paul, in Canada, iii. 200.

Bears carnivorous in North-America, i. 116.

—— plentiful in Canada, iii. 12.

Beavers, ii. 59.

—— flesh eaten in Canada, iii. 297.

—— tree, i. 204.

Betula alnus, i. 67. ii. 90.

—— lenta, i. 69.

—— nana (pumila, Linn.) i. 138.

Bidens bipinnata, i. 171.

Bill of mortality for Philadelphia, i. 57.

Blatta Orientalis, ii. 13, 14.

Blubbers, i. 15.

Blue-bills. See Anas acuta.

Blue-bird, ii. 70.

Boats used in Canada, iii. 15.

Bonetos, i. 21.

Bottle-nose, a kind of whale, i. 18.

Bugs, ii. 11.

Bull-frogs. See Rana boans.

Bunias cakile, iii. 211.

Burdock. See Arctium lappa.

Burlington, the principal town in New-Jersey, ii. 219.

C.

Calabashes, i. 348.

Cancer minutus, i. 13.

Candleberry-tree, i. 192.

Canoes, ii. 241.

Cap aux oyes, iii. 210.

Caprimulgus Europæus, β, whip-poor-Will, ii. 152.

Carabus latus, ii. 68.

Carduus crispus, iii. 294.

Carpinus Betulus, i. 68.

—— Ostrya, i. ibid.

Cassia Chamæcrista i. 120.

Castor zibethicus, ii. 57, 285.

Caterpillars, a kind of, ii. 7.

Cattle, wild, i. 207.

—— in the country of the Illinois, iii. 60.

Celtis occidentalis, nettle-tree, i. 69.

Cephalanthus occidentalis, button-wood, ibid.

Cercis Canadensis, sallad-tree, ibid.

Champlain, lake, ii. 90.

Characters of the French and English women in North-America compared, iii. 55.

—— of the ladies in Canada, iii. 208.

Chenopodium album, i. 118.

—— anthelminticum, i. 163.

Chermes alni, i. 154.

Cherry-trees, wild, iii. 160.

Chine, a village in Canada, iii. 305.

Chinquapins, iii. 296.

Cimex lacustris, ii. 126.

—— lectularius, ii. 11.

Cicindelæ campestris, varietas, ii. 126.

Civility of the inhabitants of Canada, iii. 135.

Clergy of Canada, iii. 140.

Climate, difference of, between Montreal and Quebec, iii. 152.

Cockroaches, ii. 13.

Cohoes fall, in the river Mohawk, ii. 275.

Collinsonia Canadensis, i. 197.

Coluber constrictor, black snake, ii. 202.

Columba migratoria, ii. 82.

Comarum palustre, i. 138.

Copper, native, from the Upper Lake, iii. 278.

Cornua Ammonis, petrified, iii. 23.

Cornus Florida, dog-wood, i. 66.

Corvus cornix, crow, ii. 66.

Corylus avellana, ii. 90.

Coryphæna Hippurus, i. 19.

Cows in Canada degenerate, iii. 188.

Cranes, American, ii. 72.

—— formerly abundant in America, i. 290.

Cratægus crus galli, i. 66, 115.

—— tomentosa, currants, ii. 151.

Crickets, ii. 10.

—— field, ii. 69.

Crows, great flights of, ii. 65.

Crystals, transparent, i. 82.

Culex pipiens, musquetoes, i. 143.

—— pulicaris, ii. 296.

Cunila pulegioides, penny-royal, i. 194.

Cupressus thyoides, white cedar, or white juniper, ii. 174.

D.

Dandelion, iii. 13.

Datura stramonium, i. 152.

Deal, i. 2.

Decay of the teeth of the Europeans in North-America, i. 360.

Delaware bay, i. 10.

—— river, i. 11.

—— —— good water of, i. 47.

—— —— convenient for trade, ibid.

Delphinus Phocæna, i. 17.

Diet in Canada, iii. 182.

Diospyros Virginiana, persimon, i. 68, 127, 345.

Dirca palustris, mouse-wood, ii. 148.

Distempers common among the Indians, iii. 32.

Dog-fish, i. 18.

Dogs trained to draw water from the river, iii. 185.

—— put before sledges in winter, iii. 186.

Dolphin, or dorado, i. 19.

Draba verna, ii. 91.

Dracontium fœtidum, ii. 90.

Drowned lands, iii. 1.

Dytiscus piceus, ii. 127.

E.

Elizabeth Town in New-Jersey, i. 232.

Elymus arenarius, sea-lime grass, iii. 210.

Emberiza hyemalis, ii. 51.

Epigæa repens, creeping ground-laurel, ii. 130.

Escharæ, i. 13.

Esquimaux, a nation in the arctic parts of North-America, iii. 233.

—— arms of, iii. 236.

—— boats of, iii. 235.

——, dress of, iii. 234.

—— words, iii. 239.

Evergreens in North-America, i. 360.

Excrescences on several trees, ii. 22.

Exocoetus volitans, flying fish, i. 20.

F.

Fagus castanea, chestnut-tree, i. 67.

—— sylvatica, beech, i. 69.

—— pumila, chinquapin, iii. 296.

Fans, made of wild turkeys tails, iii. 66,

Felis lynx, wolf-lynx, ii. 200.

Fever and ague, i. 364.

Fish, caught by a peculiar method at Trois Rivieres, iii. 92.

—— flying, i. 20.

Fleas, original in America, ii. 9.

Food of the Indians, ii. 95.

Formica nigra, ii. 68.

Fort St. Frederic, or Crownpoint, iii. 4, 34.

—— —— John, in Canada, iii. 45.

Foxes, grey, i. 282.

—— red, i. 283.

Fraxinus excelfsior, ash, i. 68.

Fucus natans, sea-weed, i. 12,

G.

Galium tinctorium, iii. 14.

Gentiana lutea, i. 138.

—— saponaria, iii. 294.

German-town in Pensylvania, i. 89.

Giants pots, i. 121.

Ginseng, iii. 114.

Gleditsia triacanthos, honey-locust-tree, i. 69.

Glycine Apios, ii. 96.

Gnaphálium margaritaceum, i. 130.

Goods that have a run among the Indians, iii. 266.

—— given in exchange by the Indians, iii. 274.

Gourds, i. 347.

Gracula quiscula, the purple daw, ii. 76.

Grass-worms, ii. 76.

Ground-hog. See Badger.

Gryllus campestris, ii. 10, 69.

—— domesticus, ii. 10.

Gulls, common, i. 23.

Gypsum, fibrous, iii. 229.

Gyrinus natator (Americanus), ii. 139.

H.

Hamamelis Virginica, i. 68.

Hares in Canada, iii. 59.

Hatchets of the Indians, ii. 37.

Hedera helix, ivy, i. 141.

Helleborus trifolius, iii. 160.

Hinds, tamed in North-America, ii. 197.

Hinlopen cape, in Pensylvania, i. 10.

Hirundo pelasgia, chimney-swallow, ii. 146.

—— purpurea, purple-martin, ii. 147.

—— riparia, sand-martin, or ground-swallow, ii. 147.

—— rustica, barn-swallow, ii. 140.

Hopniss. See Glycine Apias.

Horses in Canada strong, iii. 187.

Humming bird, i. 210.

Hurons, an Indian nation, iii. 178.

I.

Jersey pine, i. 334.

Ilex aquisolium, holly, i. 351, 360.

Impossibility of establishing silk manufactures, and making wine, in North-America, i. 123, 125.

Indians, livelihood of the, ii. 113.

—— religion of the, ii. 117.

Inhabitants of Canada, iii. 8.

Instances of great fertility among the inhabitants of North-America, ii. 4.

Intenseness of the frost in America, ii. 49.

Iron-works at Trois Rivieres, iii. 87.

Juglans alba, hiccory, i. 66.

—— nigra, i. 67.

—— baccata? butternut-tree, i. 69.

Juniperus Virginiana, the red cedar, or red juniper, ii. 180.

K.

Kalmia latifolia, i. 68, 336.

—— angustifolia, ii. 215.

Katniss. See Sagittaria sagittifolia.

Kettles of the Indians, ii. 41.

Kitchen-herbs of Canada, iii. 129.

Knives of the Indians, ii. 39.

L.

Lac St. Pierre, iii. 83.

Land-birds seen at sea, i. 24.

Larus canus, i. 23.

Laurus æstivalis, spice-wood, i. 68.

—— sassafras, i. 68, 146, 340.

Lead-veins near Bay St. Paul, iii. 212.

Leontodon taraxacum, iii. 13.

Lepas anatifera, i. 16.

Licences for marrying in America, in the gift of the governors, ii. 25.

Lichen rangiferinus, iii. 137.

Ligustrum vulgare, privet, i. 86, 165.

Lime-slates, black, iii. 243.

Lime-stone, pale grey, i. 84.

Linnæa borealis, i. 138.

Liriodendron tulipifera, i. 66, 202.

Liquidambar styraciflua, i. 67, 161.

Locusts, which destroy the young branches of trees, ii. 6.

Log-worms, i. 2.

Long island, ii. 226.

Loxia Cardinalis, ii. 71.

Lupinus perennis, ii. 155.

Lynxes in America. See Felis lynx.

M.

Magnolia glauca, beaver-tree, i. 69, 204.

Maize-thieves, description of, ii. 74.

—— natural history of, ii. 76.

Maize-thieves, proscribed in America, ii. 78.

—— white backed, ii. 274.

Maple, red, i. 167.

Marangoins, a kind of gnats, iii. 47.

Marble, white with blueish grey spots, i. 83.

Marmor rude. See Lime-stone.

Mechanicks, few in Canada, iii. 59.

Medusa aurita, i. 15.

Meloe majalis, ii. 105.

—— proscarabæus, ii. 157.

Mickmacks, an Indian Nation, iii. 180.

Mink, ii. 61.

Mocking bird, i. 217.

Moles, a kind of, i. 191.

—— subterraneous walks of, i. 190.

Montmorenci waterfall, iii. 227.

Montreal, a great town in Canada, iii. 71.

—— account of the climate of, iii. 75.

—— churches and convents of, iii. 72.

—— hospital of, iii. 74.

Moose-deer, i. 296.

—— nothing but an elk, iii. 204.

Morus rubra, i. 68.

Motacilla sialis, blue bird, ii. 70.

Moths abundant in the clothes and furs, ii. 8.

Mountain flax, i. 303.

Muscovy glass, i. 84.

Musk rats, ii. 56.

—— —— carnivorous, ii. 285.

Musquitoes, i. 113.

Myrica cerifera, candleberry-tree, i. 192.

—— gale, i. 138.

Mytilus anatinus, muscle shells, ii. 80, 114.

N.

Natural history promoted in Canada, iii. 5.

Negroe slaves in North-America, i. 396.

—— —— know a kind of poison, i. 397.

New Bristol, i. 219.

—— Brunswick, i. 229.

Newcastle, a town in Pensylvania, i. 26.

—— founded by the Dutch, i. 26.

New-York, i. 247.

—— assembly of deputies, i. 259.

—— houses of, i. 249.

—— public buildings, i. 250.

—— port, i. 252.

—— trade, i. 253.

Nicholson fort, near Canada, ii. 293.

Noxious insects in America, ii. 6.

Nyssa aquatica, Tupelotree, ii. 67.

O.

Oenothera biennis, iii. 294.

Oriolus phoeniceus, ii. 79.

Orleans, Isle of, in the river St. Lawrence, iii. 194.

Orontium aquaticum, ii. 101.

Oxalis corniculata, i. 201.

P.

Panax quinquefolium, iii. 114.

Paper-currency of Canada, iii. 68.

Papilio antiopa, ii. 105.

—— euphrosyne, ii. ibid.

Parsneps, iii. 67.

Partridges, American, ii. 51.

—— white. See Ptarmigans.

Parus major, i. 24.

Pease, destroyed by an insect, i. 173.

Pectinites, iii. 22.

Penn’s Neck, in New-Jersey, ii. 17.

Petite Riviere, iii. 221.

Petrel, i. 23.

Phaëton æthereus, i. ibid.

Philadelphia, capital of Pensylvania, i. 31.

—— by whom, and when built, i. 32.

—— houses of, i. 34.

—— public buildings, i. 36.

—— regularity, and beauty of its streets, i. 33.

——, temperature of its climate, i. 46.

—— trade of, i. 49.

Phytolacca decandra, American nightshade, i. 95, 196.

Picus auratus, ii. 86.

—— carolinus, ii. ibid.

—— erythrocephalus, ii. ibid.

—— pileatus, ii. ibid.

—— principalis, ii. 85.

—— pubescens, ii. 87.

——— varius, ii. ibid.

——— villosus, ii. 86.

Pierre à Calumet, iii. 230.

Pigeons, wild, ii. 82.

Pinus abies, the pine, i. 360.

—— sylvestris, the fir, i. ibid.

—— tæda, i. 69.

—— Americana, i. ibid.

Plantago major, i. 118.

—— maritima, iii. 211.

Platanus occidentalis, i. 62.

Pleurisy, i. 376.

Poa angustifolia, iii. 156.

—— capillaris, iii. 66.

Poke. See Phytolacca.

Polecat, American, i. 273.

Polytrichum commune, i. 184.

Pontederia cordata, iii. 260.

Porpesse, i. 16.

Portuguese, or Spanish man of war, a species of blubber, i. 15.

Portulaca oleracea, purslane, ii. 284.

Potentilla fruticosa, i. 138.

Prairie de Magdelène, a small village in Canada, iii. 52.

Preferableness of Old Sweden to New Sweden, ii. 188.

Prinos verticillatus, i. 67.

Probability of Europeans being in North-America long before Columbus’s discovery, ii. 31.

Procellaria pelagica, i. 22.

Procellaria puffinus, i. 23.

Prunella vulgaris, iii. 294.

Prunus domestica, i. 67.

—— spinosa, i. 68.

—— Virginiana, i. 67.

Ptarmigans, iii. 58.

Pyrites, cubic, i. 82.

Pyrus coronaria, crabtree, i. 68. ii. 166.

Q.

Quebec, the chief city in Canada, iii. 97.

—— the palace of, iii. 99.

—— other public buildings, iii. 100.

—— climate of, iii. 246.

Quercus alba, i. 65.

—— Hispanica, i. 66.

—— phellos, ibid.

—— prinos, ibid.

—— rubra, ibid.

—— —— varietas, i. 68.

R.

Raccoon, i. 97, ii. 63.

Rana boans, bullfrog, ii. 170.

—— ocellata, ii. 88.

Rapaapo, a village in New-Jersey, ii. 168.

Rats, not natives of America, ii. 47.

Rattle-snake, found no further north than fort St. Frederick, iii. 48.

Reasons for supposing part of North-America was formerly under water, i. 132, i. 199.

Redbird, ii. 71.

Rein-deer moss, iii. 137.

Remarks upon the climate of North-America, i. 106.

Rhus glabra, sumach, i. 75, 66.

—— radicans, i. 67, 177.

—— vernix, poison tree, i. 77, 68.

Ribes nigrum, i. 68.

Robinia pseudacacia, locust-tree, i. 69.

Robin-red-breast, American. See Turdus migratorius.

Rockstones of various sorts, near Fort St. Frederic, iii. 20.

Rubus occidentalis, i. 66.

Rudbeckia triloba, iii. 294.

S.

Sagittaria sagittifolia, ii. 97.

Salem, a little town in New-Jersey, ii. 164.

Sambucus occidentalis, S. Canadensis, i. 66. ii. 283.

Sands of several sorts, near Lake Champlain, iii. 24.

Sanguinaria Canadensis, ii. 140.

Saratoga, an English fort towards Canada, ii. 289.

Sarothra gentianoides, i. 126.

Scarabæus, ii. 68.

—— carolinus? ii. 125.

Scirpus pallustris, iii. 83.

Scomber pelamys, boneto, i. 21.

—— thynnus, tunny, i. 19.

Sea hen, i. 24.

Sea weeds, i. 12.

Servants, different kinds of, i. 387.

Shear water, i. 23.

Ships, annually entered into, and sailed from Philadelphia, i. 53.

Sison Canadense, iii. 27.

Skeleton found in Canada, supposed to be of an elephant, iii. 12.

Skunk, or American pole-cat, i. 273.

Smilax laurifolia, i. 68, ii. 185.

Snake, black, ii. 202.

Snow-bird, ii. 51, 81.

Soap-stone, i. 300.

Sœurs de Congregation, iii. 304.

Soldiers advantageously provided for in Canada, iii. 16.

Sorbus aucuparia, iii. 151.

Spartium scoparium, i. 287.

Squashes, i. 348.

Squirrels, flying, i. 320.

—— grey, i. 310.

—— ground, i. 322.

State, former, of New-Sweden, ii. 106.

—— of the American Indians before the arrival of the Europeans, ii. 36.

Sterna hirundo, i. 23.

Sturgeons, ii. 229, 278.

Sulphureous springs near Bay St. Paul, iii. 215.

Swallow, barn or house, ii. 14.

—— chimney, ii. 146.

—— ground, or sand martin, ii. 147.

—— seen at sea, i. 24.

T.

Tawho, or Tawhim, ii. 98.

Tawkee. See Orontium.

Terns, i. 23.

Tetrao lagopus, Ptarmigans, iii. 58.

Thuja occidentalis, iii. 170.

Tilia Americana, lime-tree, i. 59.

Tisavojaune rouge, iii. 14.

Titmouse, great, i. 24.

Tobacco pipes, Indian, ii. 42.

Travado, ii. 214.

Trees, which resist putrefaction less than others, ii. 19.

Trientalis europæa, i. 138.

Triglochin maritimum, i. 138.

Trochilus colubris, i. 210.

Trois Rivieres, a town in Canada, iii. 85.

Tropic bird, i. 23.

Turdus migratorius, ii. 90.

—— polyglottos, ii. 217.

Turtle, i. 22.

Typha latifolia, ii. 132. iii. 218.

U.

Vaccinium, a species of, i. 66.

—— another species, ibid.

—— hispidulum, ii. 79.

Veratrum album, ii. 91.

Verbascum thapsus, i. 128.

Verbena officinalis, i. 119.

Viola Canadensis, iii. 294.

Viscum album, i. 360.

—— filamentosum, i. 286.

Vitis labrusca, i. 66.

—— vulpina, ibid.

Viverra putorius, skunk, i. 273.

Ulmus Americana, i. 67. ii. 298.

Ursus Meles, badger, i. 189.

W.

Wampum, ii. 261. iii. 273.

Wasp-nests, curious, ii. 137.

Water, bad at Albany, ii. 253.

Watering of meadows in Pensylvania, i. 308.

Water-melons, iii. 261.

Waves, bigness of, in the Bay of Biscay, i. 3.

Whip-poor-Will, ii. 151.

Whortle-berries, American, ii. 80.

Wilmington, a little town in Pensylvania, i. 156.

Winds, changeable about the Azores, i. 5.

Wolves in America, i. 285.

Women in Canada, dress of, iii. 81.

Wood of different sorts, for joiners work, ii. 21.

Woodbridge, a small village in New-Jersey, i. 232.

Woodlice, ii. 16. 303.

Woodpeckers, Carolina, ii. 86.

—— crested, ibid.

—— gold winged, ibid.

—— king of the, ii. 85.

—— least spotted, ii. 87.

—— lesser spotted, yellow bellied, ibid.

—— red headed, ii. 86.

—— seen at sea, i. 25.

—— spotted hairy, ii. 86.

Z.

Zizania aquatica, iii. 32, 54.

FINIS.