YEAR'S RESIDENCE, kc 



CHAP. I. 



Description of the Situation, and Exte7it of Long 

 Island, and also of the Face of the Country, and 

 an account of the Climate, Seaso7is and Soil. 



11. LONG ISLAND is situated in what may be 

 called the middle climate of that part of the United 

 States, which, coast wise, extends from Boston to 

 the Bay of Chesapeake. Farther to the South 

 the cultivation is chieiiy by negroes, and farther 

 to the north than Boston is too cold and arid to be 

 worth much notice, though, doubtless, there are 

 to be found in those parts good spots of land and 

 good farmers. Boston is about 200 miles to the 

 North of me, and the Bay of Chesapeake about 

 the same distance to the South. In speaking of 

 the climate and seasons, therefore, an allowance 

 must be made, of hotter or colder, earlier or later, 

 in a degree proportioned to those distances ; be- 

 cause I can speak positiveW only of the very spot, 

 at which I have resided. But, this is a matter of 

 very little consequence ; seeing that every part 

 has its seasons first or last. All the difference is, 

 that, in some parts of the immense space of which 

 I have spoken, there is a little more summer than 

 in other parts. The same crops will, 1 believe, 

 srow in them all. 



