172 OSfober 1748. 



this neighbourhood, fome fingle red Ants, 

 (Formica rubra) crept about, and their • 

 antennae or feel-horns were as long as their 

 bodies. 



Towards night we returned to Phila- 

 delphia. 



: Oeiober the 8th. The fhore oi Penfyl- 

 vania has a great quantity of the fineft 

 oyflers. About this time the people began 

 to bring them to Philadelphia for fale. 

 They come from that part of the {hore, 

 which is near the mouth of the river Dela- 

 ware. They are reckoned as good as the 

 New York oyflers, of which I fhall make 

 more particular mention afterwards. How- 

 ever I thought that this latter fort of oyfters 

 was generally larger, fatter and more pa- 

 latable. It is remarkable that they com- 

 monly became palatable at the time when 

 the agues had left off their fury. Some men 

 went with whole carts full of oyfters, cry- 

 ing them about the ftreets ; this is unufual 

 here when any thing elfe is to be fold, but 

 in London it is very common. The oyfter 

 fhells are thrown away, though formerly 

 a lime was burnt from them, which has 

 been found unnecefTary, there being ftones 

 for burning of lime in this neighbourhood, 

 and the lime of oyfter fhells not being as 

 good as this other lime. The people fhew- 



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