There is likewise an undergrowth of aromatic shrubs, creepers, and clambering vines, that render the forests almost impenetrable; together with berries of various kinds, such as gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries, both red and yellow, very large and finely flavored whortleberries, cranberries, serviceberries, blackberries, currants, sloes, and wild and choke cherries.
Among the flowering vines is one deserving of particular notice.

Each flower is composed of six leaves or petals, about three inches in length, of a beautiful crimson, the inside spotted with white.

Its leaves, of a fine green, are oval, and disposed by threes.

This plant climbs upon the trees without attaching itself to them; when it has reached the topmost branches, it descends perpendicularly, and as it continues to grow, extends from tree to tree, until its various stalks interlace the grove like the rigging of a ship.

The stems or trunks of this vine are tougher and more flexible than willow, and are from fifty to one hundred fathoms in length.