"This harbor is a bay greater than Cape Cod, compassed with a goodlyland, and in the bay two fine islands uninhabited, wherein are nothingbut woods, oaks, pines, walnuts, beeches, sassafras, vines, and othertrees which we know not. The bay is a most hopeful place, innumerablestores of fowl, and excellent good; and it cannot but be of fish in theirseason. Skate, cod, and turbot, and herring we have tasted of--abundanceof mussels (clams) the best we ever saw; and crabs and lobsters in theirtime, infinite."

0n the main land they write:

"The land is, for a spit's depth, excellent yellow mould and fat in someplaces. Two or three great oaks, pines, walnut, beech, ash, birch, hazel,holly, and sassafras in abundance, and vines everywhere, with cherry-trees, plum-trees, and others which we know not. Many kind of herbs wefound here in winter, as strawberry leaves innumerable, sorrel, yarrow,carvel, brook-lime, liver-wort, water-cresses, with great store of leeksand onions, and an excellent strong kind of flax and hemp."