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Thirdly. Dr. Gregg observes, that the " tide re- 

 gularly ebbs and flows" over great part of the morass, 

 which insulates the borough ; and that up the pond 

 even to the Delaware, the ground is gravelly and dry, 

 just as the bed of the river is now. The channels of 

 rivers are continually changing place, in some part 

 or other, owing to obstructions in their course, inun- 

 dations, &c. 



When the disruption to which I allude took place ; 

 whether prior to the arrival of the white people, or 

 since that period, is a matter worthy of investigation. 



That the land upon which the town of Bristol is 

 situated was ever a peninsula of the state of Jersey, 

 is, so far as I know, an opinion first suggested by 

 Mr. Bartram. Whether this was ever the case, will, 

 it is probable, be doubted by many ; but I think it 

 certain, that a considerable strip of land, upon both 

 sides of the Delaware, both above and below Bristol, 

 is " made ground." A large part of the ground, 

 which now supports the city of Philadelphia, does, 

 unquestionably, fall under this description. But this 

 subject will be particularly attended to, in another 

 place, by 



The Editor. 



