YEAR'S RESIDENCE, 



CHAP. I. 



Description of the Situation and Extent of Long Island^ 

 and also of the Face of the Country, and an Account 

 (f the Climate, Seasons, and Soil. 



11. Long Island is situated in what may be called 



the middle climate of that part of the United States, 



which, coastwise, extends from Boston to the Bay of 



Chesapeake. Farther to the South, the cultivation is 



chiefly by negroes, and farther to the North than Boston 



is too cold and arid to be worth much notice, though, 



doubtless, there are to be found in those parts good 



spots of land and good farmers. Boston is about 200 



" "es to the North of me, and the Bay of Chesapeake 



,»out the same distance to the South. In speaking of 



«i climate and seasons, therefore, an allowance must be 



..ide, of hotter or colder, earlier or later, in a degree 



jportioned to those distances ; because I can speak 



positively only of the very spot, at which I have resided. 



But this is a matter of very little consequence ; seeing 



hat every part has its seasons first or last. All the 



ili'erence is, that, in some parts of the immense space 



-f which I have spoken, there is a .little more summer 



ban in other parts. The same crops will, 1 believe, 



,Tow in them all. 



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