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appeared abundant among the peafe here. 

 It is a real lofs to this town, and to the 

 other parts of North America, which ufed 

 to get peafe from hence for their own 

 consumption, and that of their failors. It 

 had been found that if they procured good 

 peafe from Albany* and fowed them near 

 King's Town, or the lower part of the pro- 

 vince of New York, they fucceeded very 

 well trie firft year, but were fo full of 

 worms the fecond, and following years, 

 that nobody could or would eat them. 

 Some people put ames into the pot, among 

 the peafe, when they will not boil, or 

 foften well ; but whether this is wholefome 

 and agreeable to the palate, I do not know. 



POTATOES are generally planted. Some 

 people preferred afhes to fand for keeping 

 them in during winter. 



THE Bermuda Potatoes (Convolvulus Ba- 

 tatas) have likewife been planted here, and 

 fucceed pretty well. The greateft diffi- 

 culty is to keep them during winter - y for 

 they generally rot in that feafon. 



THE Humming-bird (Trocbilus Colubris) 

 comes to this place fometimes ; but is ra- 

 ther a fcarce bird. 



THE fhingles with which the houfes are 

 covered are made of the White Pine, which 



is 



