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rapidity. When the tide came up in the De/a~ 

 <ware, it likewife rofe in fome of thefe rivulets a 

 good way; formerly they muft have fpread to a 

 considerable breadth by the flowing of the tide, 

 but at prefent there were meadows on their 

 banks, formed by throwing up ftrong dykes as 

 clofe as poffible to the water, to keep it from 

 overflowing. Such dykes were made along all 

 rivers here to confine their water : therefore when 

 the tide was higheft, the water in the rivers was 

 much higher than the meadows: in the dykes 

 were gates through which the water can be 

 drawn from, or led into the meadows ; they were 

 fometimes placed on the outward fide of the wall, 

 fo that the water in the meadows forced it open, 

 but the river water {hut it. 



IN the evening we came into the houfe of a 

 Swede, called Peter Rambo, and we ftaid the 

 night at his houfe. 



THE pines which we had feen to-day, and 

 which I have mentioned before, were of that 

 kind which has double leaves and oblong cones, 

 covered with aculeated fcales. The Englijh to 

 diftinguifh it call it the Jerfey Pine : commonly 

 there were only two fpines or leaves in one 

 fafcicle, as in our common Swedfo pines, but 

 fometimes three; the cones had long fpines fo that 

 they were difficult to be touched. Thefe pines 

 look at a diftance wholly like the Swedifl} 

 ones, fo that if the cones were not regarded, they 

 might eaiily be taken for the fame fpecies. Of 

 thefe pines they make a great quantity of tar, of 

 which I fhall fpeak in the fequel ; but as moft of 

 them are but {mall, thev are good for nothing 



S' S die; 



