220 OBdber 1748. 



the horfes and cows eat almoft all the othe? 

 plants, but left the lupine, which was 

 however very green, looked very frelh, and 

 was extremely foft to the touch. Perhaps 

 means may be found out of making this 

 plant palatable to the cattle. In the even- 

 'mg we arrived at Trenton, after having pre- 

 viouily paffed the Delaware in a ferry. 



06lober the 28th. Trenton is a long 

 narrow town, fituate at fome diftance from 

 the river Delaware, on a fandy plain ; it 

 belongs to New Jerfey, and they reckon it 

 thirty miles from Philadelphia. It has two 

 fmall churches, one for the people be* 

 longing to the church of England, the 

 other for the prelbyterians. The houfes are 

 partly built of ftone, though moft of them 

 are made of wood or planks, commonly 

 two flories high, together with a cellar be-r 

 low the building, and a kitchen under 

 ground, clofe to the cellar. The houfes 

 •ftand at a moderate diftance from one ano- 

 ther. They are commonly built fo, th^t 

 the ftreet paiTes along one fide of the houf- 

 es, while gardens of different dimenfions 

 bound the other fide ; in each garden is a 

 -draw- well ; the place is reckoned very heal- 

 thy. Our landlord told us, that twenty-two 

 years ago, when he firft fettled here, there was 

 hardly more than one houfe -, but from tha^t 



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