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New-York and Philadelphia along that road, 

 thefarm- housesseemed tobeas thicklyplant- 

 ed as in most parts of England, and had a 

 greater show of produce than I ever saw any 

 where else in America ; but from the best 

 information I could get, land was very 

 dear. I met Mr. Warder at his farm. He 

 had an English servant, who had formerly 

 lived in the county of Lincoln, and who 

 now complained very heavily of America : 

 the man brought over one hundred pounds 

 sterling with him ; and though he had been 

 no adventurer, yet he had got rid of most of 

 his money : he talked much of returning. 

 Mr. Warder had built a barn of a large size, 

 I imagine on a Dutch plan ; it had cellars 

 under it, arched, for turnips, potatoes, &c. 

 to keep them from the most severe frost, 

 I found many of this sort of improvements ; 

 but nothing in them, or so little as to be 

 worth no notice ; which disgusted me much 

 with this reputed rich land country. All 

 this time I had not seen any wheat, barley, 

 pr oatrStacks, nor any thing of the kind. 



