330 November 1748. 



Mr. Bartram further related, that in fe- 

 veral parts of the country, caves or holes 

 were to be met with, going deep into the 

 mountains : he had been in feveral of them 

 and had often found a number of Stalactites, 

 Linnaeus 's Stalactites Jlillatitius, Syft. nat. 3. 

 p. 183. of different dimenfions at the top; 

 they differed in colour, but the greater!: 

 curiofity was, that in fome of the caves 

 Mr. Bartram had found Stalactites, whofe 

 outward fide was as it were wreathed from 

 top to bottom ; he had fent fome pieces of 

 it to London, and had none at prefent. 



November the 20th. This morning I 

 fet out in company of a friend, on a jour- 

 ney to Racoon in New *Jerfey, where many 

 Swedes live, who have their own church. 

 We had three miles to go before we came 

 to the ferry which was to bring us over the 

 Delaware. The country here was very low 

 in fome places : the plains on the banks of 

 the river, were overflowed at every high 

 water or flowing of the tide, and at the eb- 

 bing they were left dry again. However 

 the inhabitants of the country hereabouts, 

 made ufe of this plain : for that purpofe 

 they had in feveral places thrown up walls 

 or dykes of earth towards the river, "to pre- 

 vent its overflowing the plains, which they 



made 



