Proceeding on up the River St.Lawrence he observed the extensive woods of fir and cypress (some kind of _Thuja_ or _Juniper_), the undergrowth of vines, "wild pears", hazel nuts, cherries, red currants and green currants, and "certain little radishes of the size of a small nut, resembling truffles in taste, which are very good when roasted or boiled".

As they advanced towards the interior the country became increasingly mountainous on the south (the green mountains of New Hampshire), and was more and more beautiful--"the pleasantest land yet seen".

Landing on the south bank of the St.Lawrence, west of the entrance of the river of the Iroquois (the Richelieu), he found magnificent forests, which, besides the trees already mentioned, included oaks, chestnuts, maples, pines, walnut-like nut trees,[6] aspens, poplars, and beeches; with climbing hops and vines, strawberries trailing over the ground, and raspberry canes and currant bushes "growing in the thick grass".

These splendid woods on the islands and banks of the broad river were full of game: elks,[7] wapiti deer, Virginian deer, bears, porcupines, hares, foxes, beavers, otters, and musk rats, besides many animals he could not recognize.
[Footnote 6: Of the genera _Juglans_ and _Carya_.] [Footnote 7: The huge deer of the genus _Alces_.

Elk is the old Scandinavian name.