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gles of the White Pine, Some are Hated with 

 tiles from Holland, becaufe the clay of this 

 neighbourhood is not reckoned fit for tiles. 

 Moft of the houfes are built in the old way, 

 with the gable- end towards the ftreet ; a few 

 excepted, which were lately built in the 

 manner now ufed. A great number of houfes 

 were built like thofe of New Brunfwick, 

 which I have defcribed * ; the gable-end 

 being built, towards the flreet, of bricks, 

 and all the other walls of planks. The 

 outfide of the houfes is never covered with 

 lime or mortar, nor have I feen it pradtifed 

 in any North- American towns which I have 

 vifited; and the walls do not feem to be 

 damaged by the air. The gutters on the 

 roofs reach almoft to the middle of the 

 ftreet. This preferves the walls from being 

 damaged by the rain ; but is extremely 

 difagreeable in rainy weather for the people 

 in the ftreets, there being hardly any means 

 of avoiding the water from the gutters. 

 The ftreet-doors are generally in the mid- 

 dle of the houfes ; and on both fides are 

 feats, on which, during fair weather, the 

 people fpend almoft the whole day, efpe- 

 cially on thofe which are in the ihadow of 

 the houfes. In the evening thefe feats are 

 Covered with people of both fexes ; but this 

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• See Vol. I. p. 228, &c. 



