174 October 1748. 



three forms, and he reckoned it was about fifty 

 and fome odd years ago. During the greater 

 part of the day, we had very extenfive corn-fields 

 on both fides of the road, and commonly towards 

 the fouth the country had a great declivity* 

 Near almoft every farm was a fpacious orchard 

 full of peaches and apple trees, and in fome of 

 them the fruit was fallen from the trees in fuch 

 quantities, as to cover nearly the whole furface. 

 Part of it they left to rot, fince they could not 

 take it all in and confume it. Wherever we 

 pa{Ted by, we were always welcome to go into 

 the fine orchards, and gather our pockets full of 

 the choiceft fruit, without the pofTeflbr's fo much 

 as looking after it. Cherry trees were planted 

 near the farms, on the roads, &c. 



THE barns* had a peculiar kind of conftruo 

 tion hereabouts, which I will give a concife de- 

 fcription of. The whole building was very great, 

 fo as almoft to equal a finall church ; the roof 

 was pretty high, covered with wooden mingles, 

 declining on both fides, but not fteep : the walls 

 which fupport it were not much higher than a 

 full grown man ; but, on the other hand, the 

 breadth of the building was the more confider- 

 able : in the middle was the threftiing floor, and 

 above it, or in the loft or garret, they put the 

 corn which was not yet threfhed, the ftraw, or 

 any thing elfe, according to the feafon : on one 

 fide were ftables for the horfes, and on the other 

 for the cows. And the fmall cattle had likewifc 



* THE author feems to comprehend more by this word, tharr 

 what it commonly includes, for he defcribes it as a building* 

 which contains both a barn and flables. F, 



their 



