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because, as I said before, the best part of this coun- 

 try is not inhabited by the English, from whence 

 probably will hereafter spring productions that 

 this age does not dream of, and of much more ad- 

 vantage to the inhabitants than any things we are 

 yet acquainted withal ; and as for several produc- 

 tions of other countries, much in the same lati- 

 tude, we may expect with good management, they 

 will become familiar to us, as wine, oil, fruit, silk, 

 and other profitable commodities, such as drugs, 

 dyes, &c., and at present, the curious may have a 

 large field to satisfy and divert themselves in, as 

 collections of strange beasts, birds, insects, rep- 

 tiles, shells, fishes, minerals, herbs, flowers, plants, 

 shrubs, intricate roots, gums, tears, rosins, dyes, 

 and stones, with several other that yield satisfac- 

 tion and profit to those whose inclinations tend 

 that way. And as for what may be hoped for, 

 towards a happy life and being, by such as design 

 to remove thither, I shall add this : that with pru- 

 dent management, I can affirm, by experience, 

 not by hearsay, that any person, with a small be- 

 ginning, may live very comfortably, and not only 

 provide for the necessaries of life, but likewise for 

 those that are to succeed him. Provisions being 

 very plentiful, and of good variety to accommodate 

 genteel housekeeping, and the neighboring In- 

 dians are friendly, and in many cases serviceable 

 to us in making us wares to catch fish in, for a 

 small matter, which proves of great advantage to 

 large families, because those engines take great 



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