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The Land Carriages are much after the same manner as 

 those with us; there being not only plenty of Horses, but 

 likewise of Carts and Waggons, and several other Necessa- 

 ries convenient for Carrying all manner of Commodities by 

 Land from one place to another. 



The Eoads are as good as in most parts of the World, and 

 the travelling as pleasant, especially the Road from Eden- 

 town to Virginia, being made broad and convenient, for all 

 sorts of Carriages, such as Coaches, Chaises, Waggons and 

 Carts, and especially for Horsemen, these Lands lying so 

 level, and the beautiful and delightful Objects they are en- 

 tertained with in their Journey, render it both amusing and 

 diverting. What is remarkable is, that traveling from Eden- 

 town to Virginia, there is a Post set up in the Division be- 

 tween those two Provinces, with North Carolina on the 

 South, and Virginia on the I^orth, in large Capital Letters, 

 to shew to all Travellers the Bounds between those two 

 Colonies. 



In other parts the Roads are more like Paths than any 

 publick Road, only that they are made broad enough for 

 Coach, Chaises, and all manner of Carriages. But this is 

 a general Rule to be observed throughout all America, that 

 wherever you meet any of those Paths like Roads, with the 

 Trees marked or notched on each side, it is a sure sign that 

 it is the publick Road from one Christian Town to another. 

 ^Notwithstanding there are several Paths of Horses, Cows, 

 and other Beasts in the Woods, as large as the former, which 

 are to be avoided, by reason that the Trees are not marked as 

 above ; neither do the Indians ever use this Method in making 

 their Roads, having some secret Knowledge to guide them 

 through these large Woods, which we are entire Strangers 

 to; so that several Christians not knowing, or regardless of 

 these Marks, have been for several Days lost in the Woods, 



before 



