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none of which are voracious. The men are active, 

 the women fruitful to admiration, every house be- 

 ing full of children, and several women that have 

 oome hither barren, having presently proved fruit- 

 ful. There cannot be a richer soil, no place 

 abounding more in flesh and fowl, both wild and 

 tame, besides, fish, fruit, grain, cider, and many 

 other pleasant liquors, together with several oth- 

 er necessaries for life and trade, that are daily 

 found out, as new discoveries are made. The 

 stone and gout seldom trouble us ; the consump- 

 tion we are wholly strangers to, no place affording 

 a better remedy for that distemper than Carolina. 

 For trade we lie so near to Virginia that we have 

 the advantage of their convoys ; as also letters 

 from thence in two or three days at most, in some 

 places in as few hours. Add to this that the great 

 number of ships which come within those capes, 

 for Virginia and Maryland take off our provisions 

 and give us bills of exchange for England, which 

 is sterling money. The planters in Virginia and 

 Maryland are forced to do the same, the great 

 quantities of tobacco that are planted there, ma- 

 king provisions scarce ; and tobacco is a commo- 

 dity oftentimes so low as to bring nothing, where- 

 as provisions and naval stores never fail of a mar- 

 ket. Besides, where these are raised in such plen- 

 ty as in Carolina, there always appears good house 

 keeping, and plenty of all manner of delicate ea- 

 tables. For instance, the pork of Carolina is very 

 good, the younger hogs fed on peaches, maiz, and 



