Magnolia glauca, beaver-tree, i. 69, 204.
Maize-thieves, description of, ii. 74.
—— natural history of, ii. 76. [318]
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.
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.
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.
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. [320]
——, 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. [321]
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.
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.
—— vernix, poison tree, i. 77, 68.
Ribes nigrum, i. 68.
Robinia pseudacacia, locust-tree, i. 69.
Robin-red-breast, American. See Turdus migratorius. [322]
Rockstones of various sorts, near Fort St. Frederic, iii. 20.
Rubus occidentalis, i. 66.
Rudbeckia triloba, iii. 294.
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.
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.
State, former, of New-Sweden, ii. 106.
—— of the American Indians before the arrival of the Europeans, ii. 36.
Sterna hirundo, i. 23.
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.
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.
Vaccinium, a species of, i. 66.
—— another species, ibid.
—— hispidulum, ii. 79.
Veratrum album, ii. 91.
Verbascum thapsus, i. 128.
Verbena officinalis, i. 119. [324]
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.
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.