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October 1748. 



quite feparate from them. New Brunfwick 

 belongs to New Jerfty; however the greateft 

 part, or rather all its trade is to New Tork, 

 which is about forty Engliih miles diftant ; 

 to that place they fend corn, flour in 

 great quantities, bread, feveral other ne- 

 cefTaries, a great quantity of linfeed, boards 

 timber, wooden veflels, and all forts of 

 carpenters work. Several fmall yachts are 

 every day going backwards and forwards 

 between thefe two towns. The inhabitants 

 likewife get a confiderable profit from the 

 travellers, who every hour pafs through, 

 on the high road. 



The fteep banks confift of the red lime- 

 ftone, which I have before defcribed. It 

 is here plainly vifible that the ftrata are not 

 horizontal, but considerably dipping, efpe- 

 cially towards the fouth. The weather 

 and the air has in a great meafure difTolved 

 the ftone here :_ I enquired, whether it 

 could not be made ufe of, but was afTured, 

 that in building houfes it was entirely ufe- 

 lefs ; for, though it is hard and perma- 

 nent under ground, yet on being dug out, 

 and expofed for fome time to the air, it 

 firfl crumbles into greater, then into leffer 

 pieces, and at laft is converted into duft. 

 An inhabitant of this town, however tried 

 to build a houfe with this fort of ftone, but 



its 



