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until the Reign of Queen Margaret. We alſo read in theſe Hiſtories, that ſome Parts of the Country yielded the choiceſt Wheat-Corn, and in the Dales or Valleys the Oak-Trees brought forth Acorns, of the Bigneſs of an Apple, very good to eat^[1]. The Woods afforded Plenty of Game of Rein Deer, Hares, &c. for the Sport of Huntſmen. The Rivers, Bays, and the Seas furniſhed an infinite Number of Fiſhes, Seals, Morſes and Whales; of which all the Inhabitants made a conſiderable Trade and Commerce. And, though the Country at preſent cannot boaſt of the ſame Plenty and Richneſs, as it lies deſtitute of Colonies, Cattle, and uncultivated; May be again reſtored to its former Fruitfulneſs.yet I do not doubt, but the old dwelling Places, formerly inhabited

might

↑ A Greenlander, who came from the moſt Southern Part of the Country near the States Promontory, told my Son, when he ſaw ſome Lemons in his Room, that he had ſeen Fruits much like thoſe growing upon Trees in his Country, though they were four times leſs; which I take to have been ſome of thoſe Acorns, which I above took Notice of, treating of the Nature of the Soil.

[1] A Greenlander, who came from the moſt Southern Part of the Country near the States Promontory, told my Son, when he ſaw ſome Lemons in his Room, that he had ſeen Fruits much like thoſe growing upon Trees in his Country, though they were four times leſs; which I take to have been ſome of thoſe Acorns, which I above took Notice of, treating of the Nature of the Soil.

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