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a great way between the trees, under which we 

 rode without any inconvenience ; for there were 

 no bufhes to flop us. In fome places, where the 

 foil was thrown up, we faw fome little (tones of 

 that kind of which the houfes here are fo gene- 

 rally built. I intend to defcribe them in the fequel. 



As we went on in the wood, we continually 

 faw, at moderate diftances, little fields which had 

 been cleared of the wood. Each of thefe was a 

 form. Thefe farms were commonly very pretty, 

 and a walk of trees frequently led from them to 

 the high-road. The houfes were all built of 

 brick/ or of the (tone which is here commonly met 

 with. Every countryman, even though he were 

 the .pooreftV peafant, had an orchard with apples, 

 peaches, chefnuts, walnuts, cherries, quinces, 

 and fuch fruits, and fometimes we faw the vines 

 climbing along them. The vallies were fre- 

 quently provided with little brooks which con- 

 tained a cryflal ftream. The corn, on the fides of 

 the road, was almoft all mown, and no other 

 grain befides maize and buckwheat was ftanding. 

 The former was to be met with near each farm, 

 in greater or leiTer quantities \ it grew very well 

 and to a great length, the {talks being from fix 

 to ten feet high, and covered with fine green 

 leaves. Buckwheat likewife was not very uncom- 

 mon, and in fome places the people were begin- 

 ning to reap it. I intend, in the fequel, to be more 

 particular about the qualities and ufe of thefe 

 kinds of corn. 



AFTER a ride of fix Englijh miles, we came 

 to Germantown ; this town has only one ftreet, 

 but is near two Engli/h miles long. It is for the 



F 3 greateft 



