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little consequence ; seeing that every part has 

 its seasons first or last. All the difference is, 

 that, in some parts of the immense space of 

 which I have spoken, there is a little more sum 

 mer than in other parts. The same crops will, 

 I believe, grow in them all. 



12. The situation of Long Island is this : It 

 is about 130 miles long, and, on an average, 

 about 8 miles broad. It extends in length from 

 the Bay of the City of New York to within a 

 short distance of the State of Rhode Island. 

 One side of it is against the sea, the other side 

 looks across an arm of the sea into a part of 

 the Sta.te of Now .York (to which Long Island 

 belongs) and into a part of the State of Con 

 necticut, At the end nearest the city of New 

 York it is separated from the scite of that city, 

 by a channel so narrow as to be crossed by a 

 Steam-Boat in a few minutes ; and this boat, 

 with another near it, impelled by a team of hor 

 ses, which work in the boat, form the mode of 

 conveyance from the Island to the city, for 

 horses, waggons, and every thing else. 



13. The Island is divided into three counties, 

 King's county, Queen's county, and the county 

 of Suffolk. King's county takes off the end 

 next New York city, for about 13 miles up the 

 Island ; Queen's county cuts off another slice 

 about thirty miles further up ; and all the rest 

 is the county of Suffolk. These counties are 



