24^ November 1748. 



them : at prefent it is about half as big 

 again as Gothenburgh in Sweden. 



The flreets do not run fo ftraight as thofe 

 of Philadelphia, and have fometimes confi- 

 derable bendings : however they are very 

 fpacious and well built, and moft of them 

 are paved, except in high places, where it 

 has been found ufelefs. In the chief ftreets 

 there are trees planted, which in fummer 

 give them a fine appearance, and during 

 the exceflive heat at that time, afford a 

 cooling (hade : I found it extremely pleafant 

 to walk in the town, for it feemed quite 

 like a garden: the trees which are planted 

 for this purpofe are chiefly of two kinds. 

 The fFater beech, or Linnceus's Plat anus 

 occidentalism are the moft numerous, and give 

 an agreeable fhade in fummer, by their 

 great and numerous leaves. The Locufi 

 tree, or Linnceus's Robinia Pfeud-Acacia is 

 likewife frequent : its fine leaves, and the 

 odoriferous fcent which exhales from its 

 flowers, make it very proper for being 

 planted in the flreets near the houfes, and 

 in gardens. There are likewife lime trees 

 and elms, in thefe walks, but they are not 

 by far fo frequent as the others ; one feldom 

 met with trees of the fame fort next to each 

 other, they being in general planted alter- 

 nately. 



Besides 



