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notes and melody ; feveral people are there- 

 fore of opinion, that they are the beft fing- 

 ing birds in the world. So much is certain, 

 that few birds come up to them ; this is 

 what makes them precious : the Swedes 

 call it by the fame name as the Englijh. 



About noon we came to New Brijlol, a 

 fmall town in Penfyhania, on the banks of 

 the Delaware, about fifteen Englijh from 

 Philadelphia, Mod of the houfes are built 

 of ftone, and ftand afunder. The inhabi- 

 tants carry on a fmall trade, though moft 

 of them get their goods from Philadelphia. 

 On the other fide of the river, almoft di- 

 rectly oppofite to New Brijiol, lies the town 

 of Burlington, in which the governor of 

 New Jerjey refides. 



We had now country feats on both fides 

 of the roads. Now we came into a lane 

 enclofed with pales on both fides, including 

 pretty great corn-fields. Next followed a 

 wood, and we perceived for the fpace of four 

 Englijh miles nothing but woods, and a very 

 poor foil, on which the Lupinus perennis 

 grew plentifully and fucceeded well. I was 

 overjoyed to fee a plant come on fo well in 

 thefe poor dry places, and even began to 

 meditate, how to improve this difcovery in 

 a foil like that which it inhabited. But I 

 afterwards had the mortification to find that 



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