Penfyhaniay Philadelphia. 4.7 



town, its temperate clitnate\% the moil con- 

 iiderable, the winter not being over fevere, 

 and its duration butihort, andthefummernot 

 too hot; the country round about bringing 

 forth thofe fruits in the greateft plenty, 

 which are raifed by hulbandry. Their 

 September and OSiober are like the beginning 

 of the Swedijh AuguJL And the firft days 

 in their February are frequently as pleafant, 

 as the end of April and the beginning of 

 May in Sweden, Even their coldelt days in 

 fome winters have been no feverer, than 

 the days at the end of autumn are in the mid- 

 dlemoft parts of Sweden^ and the fouthern 

 ones of Finland, 



The good and clear water in Philadelphia ^ 

 is likewife one of its advantages. For though 

 there are no fountains in the town, yet 

 there is a well in every houfe, and feveral in 

 the ftreets, all which afford excellent water 

 for boiling, drinking, wafliing, and other 

 ufes. The water is commonly met with 

 at the depth of forty feet. The water of 

 the river Delaware is likewife good. But 

 in making the wells, a fault is frequently 

 committed, which in feveral places of the 

 town fpoils the water which is naturally 

 good ; I fliall in the fequel take an oppor- 

 tunity of fpeaking further about it. 



The Delaware is exceeding convenient 



for 



