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torn; jet notwithstanding all the Care that is taken, these 

 Bills are counterfeited, and the piiblick very often imposed 

 upon. The Money of North Carolina is in value five Shil- 

 lings for one Sterling; and in South Carolina, the difference 

 is Seven to One Sterling; with these Bills they purchase 

 Lands, and all Necessaries. 



It is admirable to observe the Prosperity of several Ad- 

 venturers to Carolina, in the memory of Man ; and how many 

 from the most despicable beginnings in a short time, by Gods 

 blessing and their own industry, are arrived to as splendid 

 Fortunes, as any have in other British Provinces on this 

 Continent. All manner of Game is here very plenty, neither 

 are there any Laws here to bind their Priviledges^ as it is 

 with us in Ireland, for the meanest Planter may, with as 

 much Freedom, destroy all manner of Game, as he that is the 

 most Wealthy, or highest in Dignity. So that the poorest 

 Planter has as much Eight to the delicaceies of this Country, 

 as the richest ; nay the very Labourer is intituled to the same 

 Priviledge. 



The Language principally made use of in this Province is 

 the English; notwithstanding there are Planters settled here 

 from France, Germany, Holland, and many other parts of 

 Europe, who have all learn'd and speak the English Tongue, 

 many of the Indians also use it, and especially the three civil- 

 ized Kings, and those that Trade and Converse with the 

 English; there are many of the Planters that understand and 

 speak the Indian Language well. 



The Diseases that are most common in Carolina are, Agues, 

 or intermittent Fevers, Cachexia, Diarrhoea, Dysenteria, the 

 Clap and French Pox, the Yaws, Chollichs, Cholera-Morhus, 

 Convulsions, II oo ping-Cough, Cutaneous Disorders, such as 

 Tetters, Ring-worms, Rashes, prirHey-ITcals, and tlio If eh. 



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