232 Oftober 1748. 



to Amboy> the chief fea-town in New Jer- 

 Jey. The country now made a charming 

 appearance ; fome parts being high, others 

 forming vallies, and all of them well culti- 

 vated. From the hills you had a profpect 

 of houfes, farms, gardens, corn-fields, fo- 

 refts, lakes, iflands, roads, and paftures. 



In moft of the places where we travelled 

 this day the colour of the ground was 

 reddifh. I make no doubt, but there 

 were ftrata of the before-mentioned red 

 limeftone under it. Sometimes the ground 

 looked very like a cinnabar ore. 



Wood-bridge is a fmall village in a 

 plain, con lifting of a few houfes : we flop- 

 ped here to reft our horfes a little. The 

 houfes were moft of them built of boards ; 

 p the walls had a covering of mingles on the 

 outfide ; thefe mingles were round at one 

 end, and all of a length in each row : fome 

 of the houfes had an Italian roof, but the 

 greater! part had roofs with pediments - s 

 moft of them were covered with mingles. In 

 moft places we met with wells and buckets 

 to draw up the water. 



Elizabeth-town is a fmall town, about 

 twenty Englifh miles diftant from New 

 Brunfwick : we arrived there immediately 

 after fun fetting. Its houfes are moftly 

 fcattered, but well built, and generally 



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