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ber te have leen among them, were common 

 Cherries and ordinary Apples. They boafted that 

 the Steeple of the High Dutch Church was co- 

 vered with Sheets of Silver, inilead of Lead ; but 

 that could not be true, as Money was not fo very 

 plentiful among them : However it was crufted 

 over with thin Sheets of a mixed fort of Metal, 

 that caft a dazling lufire when the Sun fhone out 

 full upon it, which puts me in mind of MI kon^ 

 book 3. line 543. 



. — j4s when a Scout 



through dark and defer t "ways with peril gone 

 All night ; at laji by break of chearful dawn 

 Obtains the Brow offome high-clijnbing Hill^ 

 Which to his eye di /covers unaware 

 The goodly profpeB of fojne foreign Land 

 Firfi feen^ or feme renown d Metropolis 

 With glifering Spij-es and Pi?inacles adorn' d^ 

 Which 710W the rifing Sun gilds with his Beams, 



The People were generally fpeaking poor and 

 good-natured, though hot-headed and cholerick 

 like our Welchmen, The Country every where 

 (except Corn-fields and a few Failure Grounds) 

 was overrun with thick Woods of Pine, Firr, 

 Juniper, ^c , but their green hue looked melan- 

 choUy at beft, and no ways, to be compared with 

 the lively Colour of our Rnglifh Tree Leaves. 

 They had fome fev/ Oaks^ here and there, of 



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