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“ In this y e a r ” (title-page, and iii. 22), De Laet publishing his Nov. Orb., having received from
the Hudson river P o / j g o n u m s a g i t t a t u m , and P . a r i f o l i n m iii. 10. pl. - The date 1635 occurs m
A d ffin tffi pffinffiu'th/ol/ffi of the ffiventeen-years locust. C i c a d a s e p t e m d e c im , in this
year by Bradford p. 198. The insect is peculiar to Northeast America, and is remarkab e
lon»evity ; known lo extend throughout the whole intervening seventeen £ a r s . ^
One hundred and seventy-eighth generation. May ist, 1634, £ 0® ' ? 7
Chinese liistorians Fou-y-tchang, and Kon-yng-tai (P a r t i. 400);^ the ffi'®’ "/ 0 0 0 ’
Israel- Zacutus Lusitanus; Chajjim Benevniste ; the Greek wnters, Agapius of Crete d. after 1643,
f fiffie r e ffiro ffis d. 1647: Ricci/li; Fabri de Peiresc ; Caspar Barthius ; Henry Spelman ; cardinal
B entivod io; Gerard John Vos.sius ; Ericius Puteanus ; Quevedo ; Grortis ; archbishop Usher ,
Gabriel'Naudé - John Selden ; Descartes; Famianus Strada; Petavius; Volture; Balzac , Chillii
worth - Salmasius; Paul Scarron ; Henry Hammond; Samuel Bochart; Blaise la s c a ; the bo ta ire s,
Baltha’s. and Mich. Campius, Joseph Bonfiglioli, Petrus Carrera d. 164A 0 # 1. Montalbanus Io A .
Bumaldi, Thomas Brown, Kenelm Digbyd. 1665, Levinus Fischer.
Vellia. Bartholomteiis Ambrosinius d. 1657. lo- Bapt. Ferraruis d 1655, 1 etr. Castellus I/F#® ® "" ’
Adoloh Vorstius d 1663, Io. Chemnitz d. 1651, Sim. Panins d. i 58o, I etrus Firens and Dan. R. b ,
AntoMus Vallot and Dionysius Joncquet d. 1671, Otho Sperlingius d. 1681. Ihomas Panrevms d 1665 .
the painters Guido Reni d. 1642, Rubens d. 1640, Vandyck d. 1641, Nicholas Poussin Adnan
Broffier or Brauwer d. 1640, DÌego Velasquez de Silva d. i 56o, Dominico Zamp.eri called Domen,chino
Hubbard, and Holmes), Roger Williams, a clergymre of Salem,
holdin» tenets rerarded as heretical and seditious, “ tending equally to sap the foundation of the
establUhment in church and state,” and being found irreclaimable, b a .# h ed from f f i " # "™ # # # # 0
Boston, select men first chosen to manage the town affairs ; a market established , a house of
t-iinment set UD - and the f irst me r ch an t ’ s sh op opened.
“ The sa ffi’ y e a r ” (relat. Jes. i.), letter from Quebec of the jesuit Paul le Jeune eremeratmg
amono- the animals of the surrounding country “ orignaux” (Cervus Canadereis, m o o s e ) , canbous
or “ a?nes sauva»es” ( C e r v u s r a n g i f e r i n u s ) , “ blereaux” ( f d u l o l u s c u s ) , ' siffleurs ou rossignols
animal “ plus gros qu’un lieure ” ( A i c t o m y s M a r i l a n d i c a ) , and three spec.es ot “ ecuneux ( S c i u r u s
i; ,r S - Y ( + + t + ''t '+ . by po"'ra"»" »1 ra. r»' ra'“ ra> bum b, ra. D u,.l, u, r . o i ra . bm bot,, i f -Tbu, o u.u iu F o .„« .u . - The J .p u u ... » o u " ..fw .rd s
abandoned the island and all their foreign possessions. . , , m qh-ih Tahan
“ In this y e a r ” (Stirling, and W. W. Hunter), a firman granted by the emperor Shah Jalmn,
allowino the English to trade with their ships in Bengal. But Azim Khan govrenor o Orissa, Behar,
and B e i r t restricted them to the single port of Pippli, where they built their first 0 # # -
“ 1635 A. D .” (univ. hist.-, and Holmes), landing of French colonists under M. Bret.gny on
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“ Mr Graves in the James, and Mr. Hodges in the Rebecka, for th e ” o r ty in g Isle of Sable for
se t h o f f i f fiich are A e re in great number.” - In .642, John Webb “ with ffi" " f f i# # # # 0 # #
the Isle of Sables “ with commission from the Bay to get sea-horse teetlrend oyle (Lechlo.cl r t r t
coll iii 3d ser p too). And even in the days of Josselyn voyag. p. 106 and rar. p. 97, m o r s e , ox
ho rse ’’ (Trffihecffi rosmarns), “ smooA-skinne# and impenetrable.” having “ tushes as white
ivorv ” continued “ frequent at the Isle of Sables. -r- r +i-,a
f o i ’bout this y e a r ” (narrat., and Murdoch hist. Nov. S co t i, 130 ffi. o "® # # #
companions of Razilly “ in 1632,” remaining or again v is it i£ ,
appoffited “ governor in the bay of St. Lawrence and isles a d ja c en t;’ he Aunded "ffi#
“ Bay des Chaleurs ; ” published his account of the country “ in 1672, and was living at Miiamicl
ffiffi'this y e a r ” (Spreng.), Cornuti publishing his Plant. Canrtens,, en n ^ ra tin g of North
American plants, “ filix baccifera” ( C y s t o f e r i s b u l b i f e r a ) + . 4 ; * ‘f f i " # # # f f i f f i f f i f f ia i f f i S i a
{M a l i a r d a f i - s t u l o s d ) pi. 14; “ eruca maxima Canadensis ( . - •■) 1 • 7 )
* A r c h a , g e t i c a a t r o p u r p ú r e a of Canada. The g r e a t a n g e l i c a transported to Europe is temed
“ anvelíca atropurpúrea Canadensis” by Cornuti pl. .99, - described also by Lireteus. Westward,
“ wild angelica, majoris” was seen by Josselyn rar. 45 in New England; and A. atr^urpuiea
been observed by myself from 45° to 42° m Eastern and Western Massachusetts ; £ Darli tyton .
far as 40° near West Chester ; by Michaux, in Canada ; by Pursh, from Canada to the Alleghanies
flore a lbo” of Canada ( E u p a t o r i u m a g e r a t o id e s ) pl. 21; “ verbena urticæfolia flore violaceo” of
Canada ( V e r b e n a h a s t a t a ? ) pl. 23; “ polygonatum ramosum flore luteo majus” ( U v u l a i - i a g r a n d i f
l o r a ) pl. 39; “ hedysarum triphyllum Canadense” ( D e s m o d i u m C a n a d e n s e ) jil. 45; “ fumaria siliquosa
sempervirens ” ( C o r y d a l i s g l a u c a ) f x . 58; “ fumaria tuberosa insipida” ( D i e l y t r a C a n a d e n s i s )
pl. 126; “ aster luteus alatus” of North America ( H e l e n i u m a u t u m n a l e ) pl. 63. “ asteriscus latifolius
autumnalis” ( A s t e r c o r d i f o l i u s ) pl. 65; “ aconitum baccis niveis et rubris” ( A c toe a A m e r i c a n a ) p l
77; “ apocynon minus rectum Canadense” ( A s c l e p i a s i n c a r n a t a ) pl. 93; “ trifolium asphaltion Canadense
” ( . . . . ) pl. 131 ; “ pimpinella maxima Canadensis ” ( S a n g u i s o r b a C a n a d e n s i s ) pl. 174 ; “ cerefolium
latifolium Canadense,” esculent, and perishing in the third year ( . . . . ) pl. 177 ; “ thalictrum
Canadense” ( T . C o r n u t i ) pl. 187; “ eupatoria foliis enulæ ” ( J S u p a t o r iu m p u r p u r e u m ) pl. 191;
“ calceolus Marianus Canadensis” ( C y p r ip e d i u m s p e c t a b i l e ) pl. 205; a n d “ herbatum Canadensium,
sive panaces moschatum” ( . . . . ) p. 212; P l a n t a g o c u c u l l a t a 163, S m i l a c i n a r a c em o s a 37, S c u t e l l
a r i a p e r e g r i n a 129.
C r a m b e H i s p a n i c a of A e West Mediterranean countries. An annual received by Cornuti pl.
148 from Sjiain and termed “ rapistrum maximum monospermum,” — described also by Morison iii.
pl. 13 ; known to grow in maritime situations in Spain (Dec. syst ), also on Sardinia (Moris), Sicily
(Guss.), and observed by Chaubard among rubbish at Modon and Pylos in the Peloponnesus : received
by Achilie Richard from Gabdia in Tigre in Northeastern Abyssinia (A. Dec.).
“ In this y e a r ” (inscript., and Krapf trav.), Francisco de Xeixas de Cabreira appointed to A e command
of the fortress at Mombasa. “ Pie reduced into submission” the coast of Malindi, and “ made
the kings of Tondo, Mandra, Lazieva, and Jaca, tributaries : ” — “ visited Paté and Sio with a punishment
never before witnessed in India, levelling the walls thereof to the g ro u n d ;” “ imposed a
fine on the Muzungulos, and punished Pemba and its rebel people, killing A e petty king : ” and at A e
end of four years rebuilt the fortress.
“ 1636 A. D. = 1st year of Tsoung-te,” Mantchou ruler of Northern China (Chinese chron.
table, and Pauth. p. 417). S u s p e n s i o n b r id g e s , some of iron, in use in China and Thibet ; such structures
being as yet unknown in Europe (Pauth. 234).
“ In this y e a r ” (Spreng.), after the death of Michael Boym, Jesuit missionary in China, publication
of his Flor. Sinens.
“ In this y e a r ” (Relat. du Groenl. 227), by the Greenland Company of Copenhagen, two vessels
sent “ to that part of New Greenland which is on A e coast o f ” Davis’ Gulf. While trading with the
natives, a s e a - u n i c o r n (Monoceros unicornu) was observed on the “ g r a s s ” (Zostera) which “ the
tide had left dry,” these animals it was said allowing themselves to be temporarily stranded : it was
immediately attacked by a crowd of natives, killed, and its “ horn” sold to the Danes.
“ The same y e a r ” (Hutchinson, and Holmes), Roger Williams finding himself excluded from
both Massachusetts and Plymouth Colonies, and land being offered by Narraganset chiefs, commenced
a settlement with several of his friends at Mooshausick ; changing the name to “ Providence.”
— The beginning of the fourth important town in New England, and of the separate State of
Rhode Island.
“ The same year ” (Hubbard, and Holmes), a murder by aboriginals of Block Island, who sought
refuge among the Pequots ; giving rise to the first serious war against a native Tribe. — The Pequots
were in the following year broken up and dispersed.
“ In this y e a r ” (Stirling, and W. W. Hunter), a daughter of the emperor Shah Jahan healed by
surgeon Gabriel Boughton. As a reward, the English were allowed to trade in Bengal and Orissa
free of all duties.
Virginia; and according to A. Gray, grows from “ New England to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and
northward,” a “ popular aromatic.”
A n g e l i c a l u c i d a of Northeast America. Transported to Europe is termed “ angelica lucida
Canadensis” by Cornuti pl. 197, — described also by Morison ix. pl. 3, and Jacquin hort. iii. pl. 24:
We.stward, was received by Muhlenberg from Carolina and the Cherokee country, and according to
Pursh grows in Pennsylvania. The “ thaspium actaeifolium ” of Nuttall, or n o n d o , observed by Short
in Kentucky, and growing according to A. Gray in “ rich woods, Virginia, Kentucky, and southward
along the mountains,” may be compared.
S o l i d a g o s e m p e r v i r e n s o i Northeast America. A tall gfeVra-riJV, transported to Europe termed
by Cornuti pl. 169, “ solidago maxima Americana” three to four cubits high, its stem smooth and
somewhat purplish ; described also by Morison vii. pl. 23, and Plukenet aim. pi. 235, the leaves
according to Linnæus “ subcarnosis tota hyeme persistentibus ” (Pers.). Westward, observed by
Michaux in Canada and New York (Pers.) ; by Pursh, from Canada to I’ eniisylvaiiia : by A. Gray,
sometimes “ eight fe e t ” high, in “ less brackish swamps, with thinner and eiongated linear-lanceolate
le a v e s ;” by Elliot, in South Carolina; by Baldwin, as far as 30° in Florida.
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