222 OBober 1748. 



fenger muft provide meat and drink foF 

 himfelf, or pay fome fettled fare : between 

 Trenton and New Brunfwick a perfon pays 

 two (hillings and fixpence, and the baggage 

 is likewife paid for feparately. 



We continued our journey in the morn- 

 ing ', the country through which we palTed 

 was for the greateft part level, though 

 fometimes there were fome long hills, fome 

 parts were covered with trees, but far the 

 greater part of the country was without 

 woods ; on the other hand I never faw any 

 place in America, the towns excepted, fo 

 well peopled. An old man, who lived in 

 this neighbourhood and accompanied us for 

 fome part of the road, however afTured me, 

 that he could well remember the lime, 

 when between Trenton and New Brunfwick 

 there were not above three farms, and he 

 reckoned it was about fifty and fome odd 

 years ago. During the greater part of the 

 day we had very extenfive corn-fields on both 

 fides of the road, and commonly towards 

 the fouth the country had a great declivity. 

 Near almofi; every farm was a fpacious or- 

 chard full of peaches and apple trees, and 

 in fome of them the fruit was fallen from 

 the trees in fuch quantities, as to cover near- 

 ly the whole furface. Part of it they left 

 to rot, fince they could not take it all in 



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