The porpesses seldom go higher up the river Hudson than the salt water goes; after that, the sturgeons fill their place. It has however sometimes happened, that porpesses have gone quite up to Albany.
There is a report, that a whale once came up the river quite to this town.
The Fireflies (Lampyris) which are the same that are so common in Pensylvania during summer, are seen here in abundance every night. They fly up and down in the streets of this town. They come into, the houses, if the doors and windows are open.
Several of the Pensylvanian trees are not to be met with in these woods; viz.
Magnolia glauca, the Beaver-tree.
Nyssa aquatica, the Tupelo-tree.
Liquidambar styraciflua, the Sweet-gum tree.
Diospyros Virginiana, the Persimon.
Liriodendron tulipifera, the Tulip-tree.
Juglans nigra, the black Walnut-tree.