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apparel ; their houses and plantations suitable in 

 neatness and contrivance. " They are all of the 

 same opinion with the church of Geneva, there be- 

 ing no difference amongst them concerning the 

 punctilios of their christian faith ; which union hath 

 propagated a happy and delightful concord in all 

 other matters throughout the whole neighborhood, 

 living amongst themselves as one tribe or kindred, 

 every one making it his business to be assistant 

 to the wants of his country-man, preserving his 

 estate and reputation with the same exa-ctness and 

 concern as he does his own, all seeming to share 

 in the misfortunes, and rejoice at the advance and 

 rise of their brethren. 



Towards the afternoon we came to Mons. L' Jan- 

 dro, where we got our dinner ; there coming some 

 French ladies while we were there who were late- 

 ly come from England, and Mons. L. Grand, 

 a worty ISTorman, who hath been a great sufferer 

 in his estate by the persecution in France, against 

 those of the protestant religion : this gentleman 

 very kindly invited us to make our stay with him 

 all night, but we being intended farther that day 

 took our leaves, returning acknowledgements of 

 their favors. About four in the afternoon, we 

 passed over a large cypress run in a small canoe ; 

 the French doctor sent his negro to guide us over 

 the head of a large swamp. So we got that night 

 to Mons. Gallian's the elder, who lives in a very 

 curious contrived house built of brick and stone, 

 which is gotten near that place. Kear here comes 



