162 Qtfober 1748. 



ihingles, and walls covered with the fame. There 

 were likewife forne ftone buildings. A little ri- 

 vulet pafles through the town from weft to eaftj 

 it is almoft reduced to nothing when the water 

 ebbs away, but with the full tide they can bring 

 up fmall yachts. Here were two fine churches, 

 each of which made a much better appearance 

 than any one in Philadelphia. That belonging to 

 the people of the church of England was built of 

 bricks, had a fteeple with bells, and a baluftrade 

 round it r from which there was a profpedt of the 

 country. The meeting houfe of the prefbyterians 

 was built of wood, but had both afteeple and bells, 

 and was, like the other houfes, covered with fhin- 

 gles. Thetown houfemade likewifeagood appear- 

 ance, and had afpire with a bell. The banks of the 

 river were red, from the reddifli limeftone ; both 

 in and about the town were many gardens and 

 orchards ; and it might truly be faid, that Eliza- 

 beth-town was fituated in a garden, the ground 

 hereabouts being even and well cultivated, 



AT night we took up our lodgings at Eliza-* 

 beth-town Point, an inn, about two Engli/h miles 

 diitant from the town, and the laft houfe on this 

 road belonging to New J<"rfey. The man who 

 had taken the leafe of it, together with that of 

 the ferry near it, told us that he paid a hun- 

 dred and ten pounds of Penfyhania currency to 

 the owner. -/- 



Qcl. 3cth. WE were ready to proceed on our 

 journey at fon-rifing. Near the inn where we 

 had pafled the night, we were to crofs a river, 

 and we were brought over, together with our 

 faorfes, in a wretched half-rotten ferry. This ri- 

 ver came a considerable way out of the country, 



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