220 May 1749. 



ton, about ten minutes after three o'clock j 

 for the tide in the river Delaware comes 

 quite up to Trenton. Thefe obfervations 

 were communicated to me by Mr. Lewis 

 Evans. 



THE banks of the river were now chiefly 

 high and fteep on the fide of New Jerfey > 

 confifting of a pale brick-coloured foil. On 

 the Penjyhanian fide, they were gently 

 floping, and confided of a blackifh rich 

 mould, mixed with particles of Glimmer 

 (Mica). On the New Jerfey fide appear-* 

 ed fome firs ; but feldom on the other, ex- 

 cept in a few places where they were acci- 

 dentally brought over from New Jerfey. 



TOWARDS night, after the tide had be- 

 gun to ebb and the wind was quite fubfided, 

 we could not proceed, but dropped our an- 

 chor about feven miles from Trent on, and 

 parted the night there. The woods were 

 full of Fireflies* (Lampyris) which flew like 

 fparks of fire between the trees, and fome- 

 times acrofs the river. In the marfhes, the 

 Bullfrogs now and then began their hi- 

 deous roaring ; and more than a hundred 

 of them roared together. The Whip-poor- 

 will, or Goatfucker* was likewife heard every 

 where. 



June the ift. WE continued our voyage 

 this morning, after the rain was over. The 



river 



