The History of Virginia, in Four Parts. Beverley Robert
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Название: The History of Virginia, in Four Parts
Автор: Beverley Robert
Издательство: Bookwire
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isbn: 4057664564863
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Wild Fruits.
| §11. | Spontaneous fruits in general, | 102 |
| 12. | Stoned fruits, viz: cherries, plums and persimmons, | 102 |
| 13. | Berries, viz: mulberries, currants, hurts, cranberries, raspberries and strawberries, | 103 |
| 14. | Of nuts, | 104 |
| 15. | Of grapes, | 105 |
| The report of some French vignerons formerly sent in thither, | 107 | |
| 16. | Honey, and the sugar trees, | 107 |
| 17. | Myrtle tree, and myrtle wax, | 108 |
| Hops growing wild, | 109 | |
| 18. | Great variety of seeds, plants and flowers, | 109 |
| Two snake roots, | 109 | |
| Jamestown weed, | 110 | |
| Some curious flowers, | 111 | |
| 19. | Creeping vines bearing fruits, viz: melons, pompions, macocks, gourds, maracocks, and cushaws, | 112 |
| 20. | Other fruits, roots and plants of the Indians, | 114 |
| Several sorts of Indian corn, | 114 | |
| Of potatoes, | 115 | |
| Tobacco, as it was ordered by the Indians, | 116 |
Fish.
| §21. | Great plenty and variety of fish, | 117 |
| Vast shoals of herrings, shad, &c., | 117 | |
| 22. | Continuality of the fishery, | 118 |
| The names of some of the best edible fish, | 118 | |
| The names of some that are not eaten, | 118 | |
| 23. | Indian children catching fish, | 118 |
| Several inventions of the Indians to take fish, | 119 | |
| 24. | Fishing hawks and bald eagles, | 121 |
| Fish dropped in the orchard, | 121 |
Wild Fowl and Hunted Game.
| §25. | Wild Water Fowl, | 123 |
| 26. | Game in the marshes and watery grounds, | 123 |
| 27. | Game in the highlands and frontiers, | 123 |
| Of the Opossum, | 124 | |
| 28. | Some Indian ways of hunting, | 124 |
| Fire hunting, | 124 | |
| Their hunting quarters, |
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