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of boards, with a roof of fhingles, and 

 walls covered with the fame. There were 

 likewife fome ftone buildings. A little ri- 

 vulet pafles through the town from weft to 

 eall ', it is almoft reduced to nothing when 

 the water ebbs away, but with the full tide 

 they can bring up fmall yachts. Here 

 were two fine churches, each of which 

 made a much better appearance than any 

 one in Philadelphia. That belonging to the 

 people of the church of England was built 

 of bricks, had a fleeple with bells, and 

 a baluftrade round it, from which there was 

 a profpedt of the country. The meeting 

 houfe of the prefbyterians was built of 

 wood, but had both a fteeple and bells, 

 and was, like the other houfes covered with 

 fhingles. The town houfe made likewife a 

 good appearance, and had a fpire with a 

 bell. The banks of the river were red, 

 from the reddifh limeftone ; both in and 

 about the town were many gardens and 

 orchards, and it might truly be faid that 

 Elizabeth-town was fituated in a garden ', 

 the ground hereabouts being even and well 

 cultivated. 



The gtt(Q, in fome of the places by 

 which we palTed this day and the next, 

 carried three or four little flicks, of the 

 length of a foot about their necks 5 they 



were 



