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river were overflowed at every high water or 

 flowing of the tide, and at the ebbing they were 

 left dry again. However the inhabitants of the 

 country hereabouts made ufe of this plain : for 

 that purpofe they had in feveral places thrown 

 Up walls or dykes of earth towards the river, to 

 prevent its overflowing the plains, which they 

 made ufe of as meadows. On them the vFater- 

 beeches (Platanus accident alls Linn.) were ptan-ed 

 in great numbers on both fides the road, quite 

 clofe together : thefe in fummer afford a plea- 

 fant fhade, on account of the abundance and 

 lize of their leaves, and make the road extremely 

 delightful, as it refembles a fine fhady walk. The 

 Delaware has nearly the fame breadth here, which 

 it has near Philadelphia. Near the place where 

 the ferry is to be met with, feveral pretty 

 houfes were built on both fides, where travellers 

 might get all kinds of refrefliment. On our jour- 

 ney from Penfyhania to New Jerfey, we were 

 brought over the Delaware in a ferry belonging 

 to the Penfyhania-men\ but on our return we 

 were obliged to v take the ferry belonging to the 

 New yerjey fide. As foon as we had croffed the 

 river, we were in a different province; for the De- 

 laware makes the divifion between Per.fi:vania 

 and New Jsrfey, fo that every thing to the weft 

 of it belongs to the former, and all to the eaft, to 

 the latter province. Both thefe provinces have 

 in moil things different laws, and their peculiar 

 coin. 



WE now purfued our journey farther, and 

 foon obferved that the country on this fide ap- 

 peared very different from that on the other j for 

 inPenfyhania the ground confifts of more clay 



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