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its outfides being expofed to the air, foon 

 began to change lb much, that the owner 

 was obliged to put boards all over the wall, 

 to preferve it from falling to pieces. The 

 people however pretend that this ftone 

 is a very good manure, if it is fcatter- 

 ed upon the corn-fields in its rubbifh flate, 

 for it is faid to flifle the weeds : it is there- 

 fore made ufe of both on the fields and in 

 gardens.* 



Towards the evening we continued our 

 journey, and were . ferried over the river 

 Rareton, together with our horfes. In a 

 very dry fummer, and when the tide has 

 ebbed, it is by no means dangerous to ride 

 through this river. On the oppofite fhore 

 the red juniper tree was pretty abundant. 

 The country through which we now pafT- 

 ed was pretty well inhabited, but in mofl 

 places full of fmall pebbles. 



We faw Guinea Hens in many places 

 where we pafTed by. They fometimes run 

 about the fields, at a good diftance from the 

 farm-houfes. 



About eight Englifh miles from New 



Brunfwickj the road divided. We took 



that on the left, for that on the right leads 



P4 to 



* Probably it is a ftone marJe ; a blue and reddifh fpe- 

 cies of this kind is ufed with good fuccefs, in the county of 

 Bamff'vn. Scotland. 



