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than thofb who are born Jiere, of Eurc^^au 

 p^^repts. In the laft war, it plainly appear- 

 je^ ,tl?at ,thefe new Americans w,ere by far 

 I^jCs jbardy than the Europeans in expediti- 

 C).i?5^ fiegeg, and loxig fea voyages, and died 

 i^. pu 01 hers. It is very difficiult for then* 

 IP ufp thenifelyeg Ko a plimate diferent froca 

 |J>eir p^iV'D. The wpmtn ceafe bearing chil- 

 idreu fooner than in Europe, They feldoQi 

 or never have children, after they ar« forty 

 or forty- five years old, and fom^ leave off 

 ia ^be thirtieth year of their age. I enquir 

 red into the caufes oi this, but no one could 

 giv^ me a good one. Some faid it was owt 

 ing to the affluence in which the people 

 Jive h?re. Sonne afcribed it to the incon-r 

 /lancy and changeablenefs of the weather, 

 and believed that there hardly was a coun^ 

 try on earth in which the weather changes 

 fo pftep \n a day, as it does here. For if 

 it were ever fo hot, one could not be cer- 

 tain whether in twenty-four hours there 

 would not be a piercing cold. Nay, forne- 

 times the weather will change five or fi^c 

 times a day. 



TuE trees in this country have the fam^ 

 qualities as its inhabitants. For the ihip$ 

 l^hich are built of American wood, are by 

 no means equal in point of ftrength, to 

 tl).pfq vifhich are built in Europe, This i^ 



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