The History of Virginia, in Four Parts. Beverley Robert
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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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