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might recover their former Fertility, if they were again peopled with Men and Cattle; in as much as about thoſe Places there grows fine Graſs, From 60 to 65 Degrees there is fine Meadow-Ground.eſpecially from 60 to 65 Degrees. In the great Bay, which in the Sea Carts goes under the Name of Baal's River, and at preſent is called the Bay of Good Hope (from the Daniſh Colony ſettled near the Entrance of this Inlet) there are on both Sides of the Colony many good Pieces of Meadow-Ground, for the grazing and paſturing Numbers of Cattle, beſides Plenty of Proviſion, which the Sea as well as the Land yields. But no Trees or Woods, only ſome Underwood.Trees or Woods of any Conſideration are rarely met with; yet I have found in moſt of the Bays Underwoods and Shrubs in great Quantity, eſpecially of Birch, Elm, and Willows, which afford ſufficient Fuel for the Uſe of the Inhabitants. The largeſt Wood I have ſeen is in the Latitude of 60 and 61 Degrees; where I found Birch-Trees two or three Fathom high, ſomewhat thicker than a Man's Leg or Arm: ſmall Juniper-Trees grow alſo here in abundance, the Berries of
which
