230 jfune 1749. 



till the morning, efpecially as the tide was 

 ebbing with great force. 



'June the 1 ith. This morning we con- 

 tinued our voyage up the river, with the 

 tide and a faint breeze. We now parTed 

 the Highland mountains, which were to 

 the Eaft of us ; they confift of a grey fand- 

 flone, are very high and pretty fteep, and 

 covered with deciduous trees, and likewife 

 with firs and red cedars. The weftern 

 more was full of rocks, which however did 

 not come up to the height of the mountains 

 on the oppcfite more ,* the tops of thefe 

 eaflern mountains were cut off from our 

 fight by a thick fog which furrounded 

 them. The country was unfit for cultiva- 

 tion, being fo full of rocks, and according- 

 ly we faw no farms. The diftance from 

 thefe mountains to New York is computed 

 at thirty-fix EngHJh miles. 



A thick fog now rofe up from the high 

 mountains. For the fpace of fome Engli/h 

 miles, we had hills and rocks on the wes- 

 tern banks of the river ; and a change of 

 leffer and greatermountains and vallies cover- 

 ed with young firs, red cedars, and oaks, 

 on the eaftern iide. The hills clofe to the 

 river fide are commonly low, but their 

 height increafes as they are further from the 

 fiver. Afterwards we faw, for fome miles 



together, 



