34 September 1748. 



Arch-ftreet meafures (ixty fix feet in breadth,- 

 and Market-Jlreet or the principal ftreet, 

 where the market is kept, near a hundred. 

 Thofe which run longitudinally, or from 

 north to fouth are feven, exclufive of a 

 little one, which runs along the river, to 

 the fouth of the market, and is called 

 Water-Jireet. The lanes which go acrofs, 

 and were intended to reach from the De- 

 laware to the Skulkill, are eight in number. 

 They do not go quite from eafl to weft, but 

 deviate a little from that diredion. All the 

 ftreets except two which are neareft to the 

 river, run in a ftraight line, and make right 

 angles at the interfedions. Some are paved, 

 others are not ; and it feems lefs necelTary 

 fince the ground is fandy, and therefore foon 

 abforbs the wet. But in moft of the ftreets 

 is a pavement of flags, a fathom or more 

 broad, laid before the houfes, and pofts put 

 on the outfide three or four fathom afunder. 

 Under the roofs are gutters which are 

 carefully connected with pipes, and by this 

 means, thofe who walk under them, when 

 it rains, or when the fnow melts, need 

 not fear being wetted by the dropping from 

 the roofs. 



The houfes make a good appearance, 

 are frequen iy feveral ftories high, and 

 built eitiier of bricks or of ftone ; but the 



former 



