September 1748. 



than thofe who are born here, of European 

 parents. In the laft war, it plainly appear- 

 ed that thefe new Americans were by far 

 lefs hardy than the Europeans in expedite 

 ons, fieges, and long fea voyages, and died 

 in numbers. It is very difficult for them 

 to ufe themielves to a climate different from 

 their own. The women ceafe bearing chil- 

 dren fooner than in Europe. They feldom 

 or never have children, after they are forty 

 or forty-five years old, and fome leave off 

 in the thirtieth year of their age. I enquir 

 red into the caufes of this, but no one could 

 give me a good one. Some faid it was ow- 

 ing to the affluence in which the people 

 live here. Some afcribed it to the incon- 

 ilancy and changeablenefs of the weather, 

 and believed that there hardly was a coun- 

 try on earth in which the weather changes 

 fo often in a day, as it does here. For if 

 it were ever fo hot, one could not be cer- 

 tain whether in twenty-four hours there 

 would not be a piercing cold. Nay, fome- 

 times the weather will change five or fix 

 times a day. 



The trees in this country have the fame 

 qualities as its inhabitants. For the (hips 

 which are built of American wood, are by 

 no means equal in point of flrength, to 

 thofe which are built in Europe. This is 



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