much underwood, as in the mid way betwixt _Wessaguscus_ and _Plimouth_, because it hath not beene burned; certaine Rivers stopping the fire from comming to cleare that place of the countrey, hath made it unusefull and troublesome to travell thorow, in so much that it is called ragged plaine, because it teares and rents the cloathes of them that passe. Now because it may be necessary for mechanicall artificers to know what Timber, and wood of use is in the Countrey, I will recite the most usefull as followeth. _Trees both in hills and plaines, in plenty be, The long liv'd Oake, and mournfull Cypris tree, Skie towring pines, and Chesnuts coated rough, The lasting Cedar, with the Walnut tough: The rozin dropping Firre for masts in use, The boatmen seeke for Oares light, neate growne sprewse, The brittle Ash, the ever trembling Aspes, The broad-spread Elme, whose concave harbours waspes, The water spungie Alder good for nought, Small Elderne by th' _Indian_ Fletchers sought, The knottie Maple, pallid Birtch, Hawthornes, The Horne bound tree that to be cloven scornes; Which from the tender Vine oft takes his spouse, Who twinds imbracing armes about his boughes. Within this _Indian_ Orchard fruites be some, The ruddie Cherrie, and the jettie Plumbe, Snake murthering Hazell, with sweet Saxaphrage, Whose spurnes in beere allayes hot fevers rage. The Diars Shumach, with more trees there be, That are both good to use, and rare to see._ Though many of these trees may seeme to have epithites contrary to the nature of them as they grow in _England_, yet are they agreeable with the Trees of that Countrie. The chiefe and common Timber for ordinary use is Oake, and Walnut: Of Oakes there be three kindes, the red Oake, white, and blacke; as these are different in kinde, so are they chosen for such uses as they are most fit for, one kind being more fit for clappboard, others for sawne board, some fitter for shipping, others for houses. These Trees affoard much Mast for Hogges, especially every third yeare, bearing a bigger Acorne than our _English_ Oake. The Wallnut tree is something different from the _English_ Wallnut, being a great deale more tough, and more serviceable, and altogether as heavie: and whereas our Gunnes that are stocked with _English_ Wallnut, are soone broaken and cracked in frost, beeing a brittle Wood; we are driven to stocke them new with the Country Wallnut, which will indure all blowes, and weather; lasting time out of minde. These trees beare a very good Nut, something smaller, but nothing inferiour in sweetnesse and goodnesse to the _English_ Nut, having no bitter pill. There is likewise a tree in some part of the Countrey, that beares a Nut as bigge as a small peare. The Cedar tree is a tree of no great growth, not bearing above a foot and a halfe square at the most, neither is it very high. I suppose they be much inferiour to the Cedars of _Lebanon_ so much commended in holy writ.