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of them being very rich, their envy of the 

 Eng/ifi led them not to fell them any land, 

 but at an exceffive rate ; a practice which 

 is ftill punctually obferved among their 

 defendants. The Englijh therefore as well 

 as people of different nations, have little 

 encouragement to fettle here. On the other 

 hand they have fufricient opportunity in the 

 other provinces, to purchafe land at a more 

 moderate price, and with more fecurity to 

 themfelves. It is not then to be wondered, 

 that fo many parts of New York are ftill 

 uncultivated, and have entirely the appear- 

 ance of defarts. This inftance may teach 

 us how much a fmall miftake in a govern- 

 ment will injure, population. 



November the 3d. About noon we fet 

 out from New York on our return, and 

 continuing our journey, we arrived at Phi- 

 ladelphia on the fifth of November. 



In the neighbourhood of this capital (of 

 Penfylvania) the people had a month ago 

 made their cyder, which they were obliged 

 to do, becaufe their apples were fo ripe as 

 to drop from the trees. But on our journey 

 through New York we obferved the people 

 ftiil employed in preffing out the cyder. 

 This is a plain proof that in Penfylvania 

 the apples are fooner ripe than in New 

 York, but whether this be owing to the 



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