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which is greatly cileemed by the joiners for its grain and colour; 
here is a lort of poplar that makes good white plank ; it is a 
large tree, and bears a flower like a tulip 3 here is alfo plenty of 
pine and dog- wood, which bears a fine flower j faflafras and 
locufl, is a tree of very quick growth, and very durable in build- 
ings of hickory, there are two forts, red and white 5 this chiefly 
ierves for faggots, being the beft for that ule^ here are alfo 
plenty of cheinuts and cninquapine which is a fpecies of it, and 
a fort of elm like a ^utch elm, called the fugar tree, from the 
fweetneis of its juice, with which fome have made good lugar; 
here is alfo a fort of elder, whole bark is clofely defended with 
prickles like thole of a briar 5 alfo laurel-bearing tulips and myrtle 
of feveral forts, one where^ bears a berry, with which on the 
caflcrn Ihore they make green wax, very proper for making can- 
dles, when mixed with tallow: Of birds, which are very nume- 
rous here, the molt curious are the humming-birds 5 they con- 
tinue all lummer, feeding only on flowers like bees 5 and the 
mocking-bird, which exceeds all others in the world for the va- 
riety of its notes ^ of reptiles, the rattle Ihake is the moft noted ; 
and what is commonly reported of its charming birds, and fquir- 
rels, lie. is not groundlefs, it being confirmed to Mr. Jones by 
feveral eye witnefles: The air is become more wholefome here 
than formerly it was, which no doubt proceeds from the open- 
ing of the country, which gives the air a freer motion 5 the 
fummers here are not extreme hot, as they were at firll, but the 
winters are generally fevere, compared with what they are in 
England 3 the north-weft wind is very fharp in winter, and even 
in the heat of fummer it very much cools the airs and often at 
that time a fudden north- weft wind ftrikes the labourers into a 
fever, if they are not careful to provide againft it, and put on 
^ their garments v^hile they are at work : There are little or no 
* woollen or linen manufactures here, excepting what is made in 
Somerjet county over the bay 3 becaufe they are yearly fupplied 
from England'^ tobacco is their grand cortimodity, being the 
flandard for trade, not only with the merchants, but likewife 
among the inhabitants themfelvesj the common drink is cyder, 
which is very good, and when it is duly ordered, not inferior to 
the beft white wine^ they have wine brought from Madera and 
Fayal ^ rum from Sarbadoes j beer, malt and wines from EhT- 
landj here is plenty of grapes, growing wild in the woodsy but 
there is no improvement made of them. 
In Maryland they are governed by the fame laws as in En^- 
land, only that there are ads of afTembly relating to Ibme parti- 
cular 
