New York* 199 



appears how much a well-regulated colony con- 

 tributes to the increafe and welfare of its mother 

 country. 



NEW YORK fends many fhips to the Weft In- \ 

 dies, with flour, corn, bifcuir, timber, tuns, 

 boards, flefh, fifli, butter, and other provifions; 

 together with fome of the few fruits that grow 

 here. Many fhips go to Bojlon in New England, 

 with corn and flour ; and take in exchange, flefli, 

 butter, timber, different forts of fifli, and other 

 articles, which they carry further to the Wejl 

 Indies. They now and then take rum from 

 thence, which is diftilled there in great quanti- 

 ties, and fell it here with a confiderable advan- 

 tage. Sometimes they fend yachts with goods 

 from New Tork to Philadelphia, and at -other 

 times yachts are fent from Philadelphia to New 

 Tork-, which is only done, as appears from the 

 gazettes, becaufe certain articles are cheaper at 

 one place than at the other. They fend {hips 

 to Ireland every year, laden with all kinds of 

 Wejl India goods; but efpecially with linfeed, 

 which is reaped in this province. I have been 

 affured, that in fome years no lefs than ten fhips 

 have been fent to Ireland, laden with nothing but 

 linfeed ; becaufe it is faid the flax in Ireland does 

 not afford good feed. But probably the true rea- 

 *fbn is this ; the people of Ireland, in order to 

 have the better flax, make ufe of the plant be- 

 fore the feed is ripe, and therefore are obliged to 

 fend for foreign feed; and hence it becomes one 

 of the chief articles in trade. 



AT this time a bufhel of linfeed is fold for 

 O 4 eight 



