In the forests, by the water side, and on the islands, grew a rank abundance of nuts and plums.

The hills were covered with thickets of blackberries.

On the flat lands, near the rivers, wild strawberries came up so plentifully that the people went there to lie down and eat them.

Vines, covered with grapes as good and sweet as in Holland, clambered over the loftiest trees.

Deer abounded in the forests, in harvest time and autumn, as fat as any Holland deer can be.