was grown over with plenty of pretty
good grass, so that I thought
thousands of cattle might have
fattened upon it, if it was not for
a certain species of large flies, and
musquettos; we stopp
d twice to let our
horses eat grass, but they were so wor-
ried with these insects that they
did little but run about, until we
got bushes & kept them off; if we
stopp’d our horses one minuet in some
places in the woods the musquettos
would be on them in such swarms
as almost to hide their natural colour
& none but those who have experienced
the trial can rightly form an idea,
how troublesome they were to the rider
I cover’d my head, neck, & most of
my face with my silk handkerchief,
wrap’d my pocket do round one