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the fumrner feafon ; and from thence they had a 

 pleafant view of a great part of the town, and 

 likewife of part of the adjacent water and of the 

 oppofite fhore. The roofs are commonly co- 

 vered- with tiles or mingles : the latter of which 

 are made of the white fir tree, or Finns Strobus 

 (Linn. fp. plant.) which grows higher up in 

 the country. The inhabitants are of opinion, 

 that a roof made of thefe mingles is as dura- 

 ble as one made in Penfyhania of 'the White 

 Cedar, or Cupreous thyoides (Linn. fpec. plant.) 

 The walls were white-warned within; and I 

 did not any where fee hangings, with which 

 the people in this country feem in general to be 

 but little acquainted. The walls were quite'co- 

 vered with all forts of drawings and pidures in 

 fmall frames. On each fide of the chirnnies they 

 hsd ufually a fort of alcove ; and the wall under 

 the windows was wainfcotted, and had benches 

 placed near it. The alcoves, and all the wood 

 work, were painted with a bluim grey colour. 



THERE are feveral churches in the town, 

 which deferve fome attention, r. "The Englijh 

 Church, built in the year 1695, at the weft end 

 of the town, confiding of (tone, and has a fteeple 

 with a bell. 2. The new Dutch Church, which 

 is likewife built of ftone, is pretty large, and is 

 provided with a fteeple ; it alfo has a clock, which 

 is the only one in the town. This church (lands 

 alrnoft due from north to fourth. No particular 

 point of the compafs has here been in general at- 

 tended to in ereding facred buildings. Somfc 

 churches ftand as is ufual from e.ift to weft", 

 others from fouth to north, and other, in difflr-- 

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