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how to make any ufe of it ; the foil above is fome* 

 times rich and Ibmetimes poor: in fuch places 

 where the people had lately dug new wells, I 

 perceived, that mod of the rubbifh which was 

 thrown Up confifted of fuch a fpecies of ftone. 

 This reddifti brown earth we always faw till near 

 New Brunfwick, where 'tis particularly plentiful. 

 The banks of the river {hewed, in many places* 

 nothing but ftrata of Limeflone, which did not 

 run horizontally, but dipped very much. 



ABOUT ten o'clock in the morning we came 

 to Prince-town* which is iituatedin a plain. Moft 

 of the houfes are built of wood, and are not conti- 

 guous, fo that there are gardens and paftures be- 

 tween them. As thefe parts were fooner inha- 

 bited by Europeans than Penfyhania, the woods 

 were likewife more cut away, and the country 

 more cultivated, fo that one might have imagined 

 himfelf to be in Europe. 



WE now thought of continuing our journey, 

 but as it began to rain very heavily, and conti- 

 nued fo during the whole day and part of the 

 night, we were forced to ftay till next morning. 



Oft. agth. THIS morning we proceeded on our 

 journey. The country was pretty well peopled ; 

 however there were yet great woods in many 

 places : they all confifted of deciduous trees : 

 and I did not perceive a lingle tree of the fir kind, 

 till I came to New Brunfwick. The ground was 

 level, and did not feem to be every where of the 

 richeft kind. In fome places it had hillocks, 

 loling themfelves almoft imperceptibly in the 

 plains, which were commonly crolTed by a ri- 

 vulet. Almoft near every farm-houfe were great 

 orchards. The houfes were commonly built of 

 VOL. I. N timber* 



