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likewife not inconfiderable, and therefore 

 affords the pofTefTor all the year long, great 

 fupplies in his houfe-keeping, both for eat- 

 ing and drinking. I frequently was fur- 

 prized at the prudence of the inhabitants of 

 this country. As foon as one has bought a 

 piece of ground, which is neither built up- 

 on nor fovvn, his firft care is to get young 

 apple trees, and to make a garden. He 

 next proceeds to build his houfe, and laftly 

 prepares the uncultivated ground to receive 

 corn. For it is well known that thb trees 

 require many years before they arrive to 

 perfection, and this makes it necefTary to 

 plant them firft. I now perceived near the 

 farms, mills, wheels, and other inftru- 

 ments which are made ufe of in crufhing 

 the apples, in order to prepare cyder from 

 them afterwards. 



From Chichejler I went on towards Phi" 

 ladelphia. The oaks were the moft plenti- 

 ful trees in the wood. But there were fe- 

 veral fpecies of them, all different from the 

 European ones. The fwine now went about 

 in great herds in the oak woods, v/here 

 they fed upon the acorns which fell in great 

 abundance from the trees. Each hog had 

 a wooden triangular yoke about its neck, 

 by which it was hindered from penetrating 

 through the holes in the enclofures ; and 



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