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of bulwarks of planks, with a rampart on 

 the outfide. Near it is the powder maga- 

 zine, in a vault built of bricks. At the 

 erection of this little fortification it was re- 

 markable, that the quakers, whofe tenets 

 rejedt even defenfive war, were as bufy as 

 the other people in building it. For the 

 fear of being every moment fuddenly at- 

 tacked by privateers, conquered all other 

 thoughts. Many of them fcrupled to put 

 their own hands to the work ; but forward- 

 ed it by fupplies of money, and by getting 

 ready every thing, which was neceiTary. 



October the 5th. It was my deiign to 

 crofs the Delaware, and to get into New 

 jerfey with a view to get acquainted with 

 the country j but as there was no ferry 

 here to bring my horfe over, I fet out on 

 my return to Philadelphia. I partly went 

 along the high road, and partly deviated on 

 one or the other iide of it, in order to take 

 more exact obfervations of the country, and 

 of its natural hiftory. 



The maize, was fown in feveral places. 

 In fome its ftalks were cut fomewhat below 

 the ear, dried and put up in narrow high 

 flacks, in order to keep them as a food for the 

 cattle in winter. The lower part of the flalk 

 had likewife leaves, but as they commonly 

 dry of themfelves, the people do not like to 



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