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Show Lewis am~ Clm·l~c·s Etcpetlil'ion tachcd in n.n irregular manner to tlto small boughs amoug the leaves, ami always sUllported by seJmr·atc, small and short peduncles: the insertion Jlroduces a slight concavity in the bei·ry, ,vhile its opposite side is slightly convex. The outer coat of the pet·icarp is a thin, fit·n•, tough pellicle: tht inner coat consists or a dry, mealy powdrr, of a yellowi h white colour·, enveloping ft·om four to six hu·gc, light, IJrowu seeds: the colour of the fruit is a fine searlct: the natives cat tbcse berries without any preparation: the fntit ripens in September, and remains on the lmshcs all winter una~ect~d by the frost: thry arc sometimes gathcrell and hung m the lodges in bags, where tlwy arc dried withoutfm'thet·troubl~. ~. The deep purple berry, like the huckleberry, ternunates bluntly, and has a cap or cover at the end: the bei'J'ics are attached se}larately to the sides oftJac boughs Oy a. short stem, hanging underneath and they oncn grow very ncar ca~.h other, ou the same bough: the berry se11aratcs very easily from the stem; the leaves adhere closely: the shrub l'ise · to the beigl1t of six or eight feet, and sometimes grows on high lands, but more f•·cqucntly on low marshy grounds: tl\t' shrub is an evergreen, and about ten inches in circumference, divides into many it•rcgulat· branches, and scldo!.n more than one stem !SjJl"ings from one root, although they associate very thickly: the bark is somewhat rough and of a reddish brown colour: tho wood is very hard: the leaves arc alternate and attached by a short footstalk to the horizont:tl sides of the boughs~ the form is a long oval, rathc1· more acute towards the apex than at the point of insertion: it margin slightly serrate, its sides collapsing, thick, fl1·m, smooth and glossy: the under surface is of a. pale or whitish green, and the upper of a fino deep green. 'l'his beautiful shrub retains its verdure throughout the year, and is more peculiarly beautiful in winter. Tbe natives sometimes eat the berries without p1•eparation: sometimes they dry them in the sun, and at others in their sweating kilns; they vcr)' l fJJ Ute .7Jlissnu1'i. 1b.J f,·cqucntly pound them, a.n1l bake them in large loaves, weiu·hinoo ft·om ten to fifl<'cn pounds: tho bread keeps verv :., ,., J well l'ot· one sea on, amlrctains Hs juices better by this mode of prcparaHon than any other: this bread when broken is tirrcc.I in cold water, until it acquires the consistency of soup. and then eaten. The trees of a larger ~rowth arc very abundant; the whole neighbourhood of' the coast is supplied with great quantities of excellent timLe•·· The pt·cdominating growth is the fir, of which we have seen sevcJ·al species. There is one singular circumstance attending all the pine of this countl ·y, which is, tha,t when consumed it yields not the slightest Jlarticle of ashes. 'l'he first species gt·ows to an immt~nsc size, and is very commonly twenty-seven feet in circumference six feet al.Jovc the earth's surface: tlJCy rise to the lteight of two hund1·cd aml thir·ty feet, and one hundt·ccl ancl twenty of that height without a limb. 'Vc h~n' e often found them thirty-six f·ct in cit·cumference. Ono of our party measured one, and found it to be forty-two feet in circum(crcnce, at a point beyond the reach of an ordinary man. This tt·unk for tlu~ distance of two hundred feet was destitute ol' limbs: this tree was perfectly sound, and at a moderate calculation, its size may he estimated at three hurulred feet; 'fhc timber is throughout, and rives bottct• than any other species; the hark scales off in Hakes itorcgularly t·ound, and o{' a t•eddish bl'OWn colour, }larticuhu•]y the younger gt•owth: the trunk is simple, branching, and not very 1n·olifcrous. The leaf is accrosc, one tenth of an inch in width, and three fourths in length, firm, stiff, and accuminatc. It is h·iangulal', a J iUie declining, thickly scattered on all si~Jes of the Lough, and S}H'ings ft·om small triangular pedestals of soft, ipongy, elastic bal'l~ at the junction of the boughs. 'l'he bud scales continue to cncit·clc their l'espcctivc twigs fot• several years. Calltain Lewis has counted as many as the growtll or four years beyond their scales; it yields but little rosin, nnd we have never been able to discover the cone, although we have killed seYcral. |