ho CONTENT S. SKETCH of the Life and Character of the late Rev. Dr. Clarke, Sketch of the Life and Character of the late Rev. Dr. Remarks made during a refidence at Strabroek Rio Deme- year Specimen of the Mountaineer, or Shefhatapoofhfhoifh, Skoffie, and Micmac Languages, Page. General John Winflow's Letter to the Earl of Halifax, relative to his conduct, and that of the troops under his ex command, on the Ticonderogo expedition in 1756, Secretary Willard's Letter to Mr. Bollan, Agent for the Colony of Maffachusetts-Bay, relative to the failure of Crown-Point expedition, and reimbursement from GreatBritain, t Letter from William Bollan, Agent for the Colony of Maf fachusetts-Bay, to the Speaker of the House of Affembly of that Colony, A Memorandum of divers particulars, fhewing the exbaufted ftate of Maffachusetts Province, and the neceffity of a confiderable Parliamenty grant, referred to in the preceding letter, A brief ftate of the Province of Quebec, as to its conftitution, number of inhabitants, laws, commerce, population, circulating property, tenure of real property, Science, &c. written in the year 1787, the fina Continuation of the Narrative of Newfpapers published in New-England, from the year 1704 to the Revolution; in a letter from one of the members to the Prefident of the Society, Mr. Dummer's Letters to Mr. Flint, James Cudworth's Letter to Governor Jofiah Winflow, declining his appointment to a military command, 111 X 16 34 40 41 47 48 64 78 80 James James Cudworth's Letter to Governor Jofiah Winflow, Letter from John Eafton to Governor Jofiah Winflow of Letter from Nathaniel Thomas, on the expedition against A Letter from Secretary Rawson to Governor Winflow, to be communicated to the Council, Letter from Governor Leverett to Governor Winflow, Letter from Edward Palmer to Gov. Jofiah Winflow, Letter from John Freeman to Governor Winflow, Return of lofs, in Scituate, in Philip's war, Edward Randolph's Letter to Governor Jofiah Winflow, 84 ibid. - ibid. Sachem Philip's anfwer to the letter brought to him from Edward Rawfon's letter to the Governor of New-Ply mouth, foliciting aid for the college at Cambridge, Letter of Inftructions from the Maffachusetts General Court Letter from Legnard Hoar, M.D. to Jofiah Flint, Some Memoirs for the continuation of the Hiftory of the troubles of the New-English colonies, from the barbarous and perfidious Indians, inftigated by the more favage and inhuman French of Canada and Nova-Scotia, began November 3, 1726, by Benjamin Colman, D.D. Letter from Henry Newman, Efq. to the Rev. Henry Flynt, 118 Letter from Paul Mafcarene to Gov. Shirley, Bollan, agent for the Maffachusetts, at the Court of Great-Britain, to Jofiah Willard, fecre- Mr. Governor Hamilton's Letter to Governor Shirley, Major Washington's Letter to Governor Hamilton, A fummon, by order of Contrecoeur, captain of one of the companies of the detachment of the French marine, com- mander in chief of his most Christian majefty's troops now on the Beautiful river, to the commander of thofe of Speech from the Half King to the Governors of Virginia and Pennfylvania, referred to in Major Washington's Letter, 143 A lift of the Prefidents of the colony of Rhode-lfland and Providence Plantations, under the first charter; and of Letter from his Excellency Governor Jay, correfponding of the Historical Society, to its corresponding A letter from the Treasurer of the Maffachusetts Hiftorical Letter from his late Excellency Jonathan Trumbull, Efq. to Baron 7. D. Vander Capellan, "Seigneur Du Pol, membre des nobles de la province d'Overyful, &c." The Petition of the Earl of Stirling, William Phillips Lee, fome lands, called the County of Canada, granted to William Earl of Stirling, in 1635, by the council for the affairs of New-England, 1760, Letter from Fafper Mauduit, Efq. to the Speaker of the Houfe of Reprefentatives of the province of Maffachu fetts-Bay, relative to a reimbursement from Parliament 1 Letter from Fafper Mauduit, Efq. to the Speaker of the Houfe of Reprefentatives of the province of Maffachu- fetts-Bay, relative to the duty laid by Parliament on Letter from Jafper Mauduit, Efq. to the Speaker of the Inftructions from the Church at Natick to William and Copy of a Letter from Gov. Prince to Roger Williams, James Quanapaug's Information, Letter from Gov. Stuyvefant, of New-York, to the Gov- ernor and Council of Maffachusetts, Depofition of Hugh Cole, at Plymouth Court, A. D. 1670, Pag 194 Page 264, line 14, for fon read nephew. P. 274, 1. 12, from bottom, for 95 n COLLECTIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FOR THE YEAR 1799. REMARKS MADE DURING A RESIDENCE AT STABROEK RIO DEMERARY (LAT. 6. 10, N.) IN THE LATTER PART OF THE YEAR 1798. BY THOMAS PIERRONET. ATRAVELLER finds himself in an awkward fitua tion, when journeying in this country, to find that, in every houfe, it is expected that he fhould furnish his own hammock for the night. This principle is fo extenfive, that no one expects to provide spare beds, or even hammocks, any farther than are abfolutely neceffary for the ufe of his own family; and every inhabitant, whofe bufinefs may call him out, always carries one in his pegal. Ants. The ants are here exceedingly troublefome they are very fmall, and do not fting, but are the most rapacious vermin in the colony. They are remarkably fond of fugar, which can hardly be placed out of their reach. The only method, yet difcovered, of evading their vifits, is by fufpending it to a cord, round which a tuft of cotton being tied, prefents them an obftacle their dexterity cannot furmount. These infects infeft every part of the houfe alike, the ground and attic ftories being equally the objects of refearch; and no method has as yet been difcovered to extirpate them. Other vermin, which are domefticated, are, the Spider, of a very large fize, measuring nearly three inches from daw to claw, but quite harmless. ་ The Merribunter, or wild bee, which is continually emB [Vol. vi.] ployed |