§4.Conveniency of the bay and rivers,[93]
5.Springs and fountains descending to the rivers,[93]
6.Damage to vessels by the worm,[94]
Ways of avoiding that damage,[94]

[CHAPTER III.]

Earths, and Soils.

§7.The soil in general,[96]
River lands—lower, middle and upper,[96]
8.Earths and clays,[98]
Coal, slate and stone, and why not used,[98]
9.Minerals therein, and iron mine formerly wrought upon,[98]
Supposed gold mines lately discovered,[99]
That this gold mine was the supreme seat of the Indian temples formerly,[99]
That their chief altar was there also,[99]
Mr. Whitaker's account of a silver mine,[99]
10.Hills in Virginia,[100]
Springs in the high lands,[101]

[CHAPTER IV.]

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]

[CHAPTER V.]

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]