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i Teased ; so that the difference of latitude between 

 Cape Chidley and New- York, is about 29, a difference 

 so great that we need not wonder, when we consider 

 that almost all the rivers south of the St. Lawrence, 

 and it excepted, flow in a southwardly direction, and 

 favourable to the current ; that w r e should find a por- 

 tion of alluvial formation equal, at least, to the breadth 

 of the east end of Long Island ; or even the west end 

 which is still much broader. Nor need we wonder at 

 the increase of alluvial formation from New-York to 

 the bay of Delaware, if we admit, that by this general 

 current, that of the St. Lawrence was inverted, and 

 flowing upwards in the direction of Champlain and so 

 on, between the chains of mountains into the Ocean. 



Nay more ; if the alluvial district, contained between 

 New-York and the bay of Delaware, could have 

 been formed by a general current flowing over the 

 face of the country, from the coast of Labrador to the 

 latitude of Philadelphia, which place is, in fact, on the 

 southern border of the* primitive range, we need not be 

 at a loss to account for the breadth of alluvial forma- 

 tion on the coast of Florida, and in the neighbourhood 

 of the Mississippi river; when the current must have 

 necessarily passed over an extent of more than 50 de- 

 grees of latitude : and also, a proportionate breadth 

 of alluvial formation throughout the whole intermedi- 

 ate space. 



This however will be more fully comprehended by 

 an attentive examination of the map of the United 

 States, including the British possessions in North 



