New Jersey 



mines, where there is a very rich vein of ore, and a 

 fire-engine erected upon common principles. 



After this I went down two miles farther to the 

 park and gardens of this gentleman's brother, Colonel 

 Peter Schuyler. In the gardens is a very large 

 collection of citrons, oranges, limes, lemons, bal- 

 sams of Peru, aloes, pomegranates, and other tropi- 

 cal plants; and in the park I saw several American 

 and English deer, and three or four elks or moose- 

 deer. I arrived at Elizabethtown in the evening, 

 not a little entertained with my expedition, but ex- 

 ceedingly fatigued with the violent heat of the weather 

 and the many mosquitoes that had infested me. 



Before I take leave of the Jerseys, it is necessary 

 I should give some account of this province. New 

 Jersey is situated between the 39th and 42d degree 

 of north latitude, and about seventy-five degrees 

 west longitude: it is bounded on the east by the 

 Atlantic, on the west by Pennsylvania, or to speak 

 more properly the Delaware; on the south by Dela- 

 ware bay; and on the north by Hudson's river and 

 the province of New York, The climate is nearly 

 the same as that of Pennsylvania: and the soil, which 

 is a kind of red slate, is so exceedingly rich, that in 

 a short time after it has been turned up and exposed 

 to the air and moisture, it is converted into a species 

 of marl.* 



* Since my return from America, I have met with a gentleman 

 (Edward Wortley Montagu, Esq.) who had visited the Holy Land. 



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