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leave holes on the outlide of the wall. But 

 in order to fill up thefe holes, the little 

 pieces of ftone which cannot be made ufe 

 of are pounded, mixed with mortar; and 

 put into the holes ; the places thus filled 

 up, are afterwards fmoothed, and when 

 they are dry, they are hardly diftinguifh- 

 able from the reft at fome diftance. At 

 laft they draw on the outfide of the wall, 

 ftrokes of mortar, which crofs each other 

 perpendicularly, fo that it looks as if the 

 wall confifted wholly of equal, fquare 

 ftones, and as if the white ftrokes were the 

 places where they were joined with mortar. 

 The infide of the wall is made fmooth, co- 

 vered with mortar and whitewafhed. It 

 has not been obferved that this kind of 

 ftone attradts the moifture in a rainy or wet 

 feafon. In Philadelphia and its environs, 

 you find feveral houfes built of this kind of 

 ftone. 



The houfes here are commonly built in 

 the Englijh manner. 



One of Mr. CocJis negroes fhewed me 

 the fkin of a badger fUrfus MelesJ which 

 he had killed a few days ago, and which 

 convinced me that the American badger is 

 the fame with the Swedijh one. It was here 

 called Ground Hog, 



Towards night I returned to Philadel- 

 phia. OBober- 



