The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-07-11


ulation here.
Near Mosquito Cove.
e-i FHIDAy, JuSE both, 1877.
Two O'Clock. A. M. have arisen rather
early this morning, because 1t is impossible to
Go otherwise. The mosquitoes here are SO
numerous so large, and SO hungry, that they
keep one i'll at ease. One is obliged to stand
guard oyer himself all night or In the morn.
ing he finds himself departed or at least, so
much of himself, that the remainder proves
to be very much in distress, and in such a
condition that he might find it necessary to
summon d jury TO identity himself. After a
severe five hours journey over Or rather
through Al road gof white -sand,y from sixto
twelve inches deep, we arrived here at about
7.80 o'clock, P. M. Allwere tired, excessively
so. To make the load as light as possible,
the boys had walked some seven or eight
miles this distance. And the ladies' fire.
quently used their strength at walking, to re-
lieve, as much as possible, the team. One
swho has not visited this,issction OF country,
and Travelled these roads, can have but faint
fiea Of the tediousness, and the excessive Ia
nervousness Of travelling isre. To mako one
and half or two miles an hour, requires dill
igence and perseverance,. Yesterday we were
from o'clock till Z coming from Point Pleas
ant 10 this place. When we arrived our team
was badly jaded out although we had taken
every means possible to favor it. Forty five
miles Of billy road, on Tuesday, did not ex-
hanst the team half SO much, although the
work was done in much less time. In addi-
tion to the loose sand of the road, as means
of worrying the horses, are flies, such as we
do not see in Hunterdon Tho members of
this species here are called green-headers.- =
In size, they range between the common
house-fy and our large horse-hy. As to the
color of their backs cannot youch but that
of the head is a bright green, When they O.
light rpon aAhorse tliasl qaickly eeip,psac
operation, and continue increasingly at the
process of blood sucking until they are well
filed. .9eewpspqs esEle byi tlIeae lies often
continue to bleed for some time. The bite of
this fly is excessively distressing. had enc
to operate upon me j; just to see how he did
it, and how it would feel. Their ability to
keep their position while using theirproboscis
is wonderful. In fact with the tail, / have
never known 4 horse to succeed in dislodging
one. Here are also countless numbers Of the
common woods fly, who, like their relativessa-
bove described, are about as greedy for the
blood Of the horses, as the people ofsthase
sands and pines are for the strangers pennies
During hewhole afternoon, we saw upon
the road but two vehicles, and from the APP
pearance of things, in the same length Of
time, going over the same route, we would
not, upon the average mectmore. And yet
We took the direct, in fact the only road ex-
tending between these two places. Certain it
is, that whatever may be the propensity Of in
dividuals to drive, they will travel this road,
or any like It, only when necessity compels
them to do SO.
And such a country Why, it lie all cpuu-
try. There is nothing else of It /; and IF ope
owned it all he would be poor indeeda The
only thing that he could console himself with
is,thesiiotiorst that none would ever invade his
territory until there is none else accessible.
There is no fence, and indeeds there is no
need of any. For miles one will go and see
not even sbanty. White sand, pine trees,
scrub oaks, ferns and brake laurel and moss
are the tenants Of the soil. Nor does any one
of the party dispute their rights Much Of
this land is but a few feet--from four TO
twenty i've ,---aboye the level Of the sea. The
knobs, and all except the flats along the
streams, are covered with scrub pine, but up
on these narrow flats grow kind Of cedar,
out Of Which are sometimes made excellent
shingles.
The trees Of the forest here grow not very
tall we seldom saw one 40 feet in height.
Hanging from the limbs of these old pines
and cedars Is kind Of moss-brownish in
| color-and as fine as hair, which. gives some
parts of the forest a strange and sombre
look. Pendants of this growth, ranging from
one to three feet, are often seen, although,
perhaps the medium, or average length, is not
far from eight inches. As we passed along,
we observed about half way between Point
Pleasant and this place saw milf working
up cedar logs into shingles and siding, and
some of the largest of these pitch pine treeA
into scantling. Is
| In the wet parts of this region is found
the cranberry plant growing wild. We saw
not a little Of 1t in its native condition. We
also saw three large cranberry flats undel
good management. The vines far surpassed
those scsn on "Wednesday al Monmouth
county, although those in Monmouth were
lconsidered geods ! FSheesshcre dovnot seem
very fasbiddaJla, 81 u tfS least, they are moi
much worn. All seem I'd go barefoot, th'
osng and I'D alilse, aud notice that in genera
the people hore have pretty large under
standngs.yeer ese5n "a o.