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fo that one could come in with a cart and 

 horfes through one of them, and go out at 

 the other : here was therefore under one 

 roof the threming floor, the barn, the fta- 

 bles, the hay loft, the coach houfe, &c. 

 This kind of buildings is chiefly made ufe 

 of by the Dutch and Germans; for it is to 

 be obferved that the country between Tren- 

 ton and New Tork, is inhabited by few 

 Englifhmen, but inftead of them by Germans 

 or Dutch,* the latter of which efpecially 

 are numerous. 



Before I proceed, I find it neceflary to 

 remark one thing with regard to the Indi- 

 ans, or old Americans. For this account 

 may perhaps meet with readers, who, like 

 many people of my acquaintance, may be 

 of opinion that all North America, was al- 

 moft wholly inhabited by favage or heathen 

 nations, and they may be aftoniihed, that I 

 do not mention them more frequently in 

 my account. Others may perhaps imagine, 

 that when I mention in my journal, that 

 the country is much cultivated, that in fe- 

 veral places, houfes of flone or wood are 

 built, round which are corn-fields, gardens, 



and 



* This kind of building is frequent in the north of Ger- 

 many, Holland, and Prujfia, and therefore it is no wonder 

 that it is employed by people who, were ufed to them in their 

 own country. F. 



