Evolution of Ibortfcultiire 



On the evening of the third day they 

 returned to the ship. Another expedi- 

 tion was soon afterwards made to the 

 same locality, just described, where, after 

 digging, they found several baskets full 

 of corn and a bag of beans. Thus they 

 procured ten bushels of grain, which they 

 intended to retain for seed. After further 

 delay, dependent on various circum- 

 stances, by explorations on shore, and 

 by means of the shallop, in which the 

 harbors were sounded, they discovered at 

 last a spot well suited to their purposes. 

 "We came to a conclusion, to set on the 

 main land, in the first place, on a high 

 ground, where there is a great deal of 

 land cleared, and hath been planted with 

 corn three or four years ago : and there is 

 a very sweet brook runs under the hill 

 side, and many delicate springs of as 

 good water as can be drunk, and where 

 we may harbour our shallops and boats 

 exceeding well : and in this brook much 

 good fish in their seasons : on the further 

 side of the river also much corn-ground 

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