jo6 March 1749. 



Near the furface of the ground were fomc 

 poles laid, on which the hay was put, 

 that the air may pafs freely through it. I 

 have mentioned before, that the cattle have 

 no ftables in winter or fummer, but muft 

 go in the open air, during the whole year. 

 However, in Philadelphia, and in a few 

 other places, I have feen that thofe people 

 who made ufe of the latter kind of hay- 

 ftacks, viz. that with moveable roofs, com- 

 monly had built them fo, that the hay was 

 put a fathom or two above the ground, on 

 a floor of boards, under which the cattle 

 could ftand in winter^ when the weather 

 was very bad. Under this floor of boards 

 were ^partitions of boards on all the fides, 

 which however flood far enough from each 

 other, to afford the air a free paflage. 



March the 27th. IN the morning I 

 went in order to fpeak with the old Swede, 

 Nils Gujlqfson, who was ninety-one years 

 of age. I intended to get an account of 

 the former ftate of New Sweden. The 

 country which I now pafled through was 

 the fame with that which I had found in 

 thofe parts of North America I had hitherto 

 feen. It was diverfified with a variety of 

 little hills and vallies : the former con~ 

 fitted of a very pale brick-coloured earth, 

 compoied, for the greateft part, of a fine 



fand, 



