1Tn Iftew 



His observations upon the nature of the 

 soil are generally more accurate and 

 trustworthy than those by contemporary 

 writers : " The Soyle is for the generall 

 a warme kinde of earth, there being little 

 cold-spewing land, no Morish Fennes, no 

 Quagmires, the lowest grounds be the 

 Marshes, over which every full and change 

 the Sea flowes : these marshes be rich 

 ground and bring plenty of hay, of which 

 the cattle feed & like, as if they were fed 

 with the best up-land Hay in New Eng- 

 land : of which likewise there is great 

 store which growes commonly between 

 the Marshes and the Woods. This Medow 

 ground lies higher than the Marshes, 

 whereby it is freed from the over-flowing 

 of the Seas : and besides this in many 

 places where the trees grow thinne, there 

 is good fodder to be got amongst the 

 woods." l 



The third and "great" emigration 



under Governor Winthrop consisted of 



many persons of good and competent 



1 Idem, pp. 8, n, 12. 



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