258 November 1748. 



and linen cloth, &c. from England, and 

 efpecially from London. 



The river Hud/on is very convenient for 

 the commerce of this city j as it is naviga-. 

 ble for near a hundred and fifty Englijh, 

 miles up the country, and falls into the; 

 bay not far from the tow^n, on its weftern 

 fide. During eight months of the year 

 this river is full of yachts, and other great- 

 er and lefTer veffels, either going to New 

 Tork or returning from thence, laden ei- 

 ther with inland or foreign goods. 



I CANNOT make a juft eftimate of the 

 fhips that annually come to this town on 

 fail from it. But I have found by the Pen- 

 fyhania gazettes that from the firft of De- 

 cember in 1729, to the fifth of December in 

 the next year, 211 fhips entered the port of 

 New Torky and 222 cleared it ; and fince 

 that time there has been a great increafe 

 of trade here. 



The country people come to market in 

 New Tork, twice a week much in the famfr 

 manner, as they do at Philadelphia -, with 

 this difference, that the markets are here 

 kept in feveral places. 



The governor of the province of New 

 Tork, refides here, and has a palace in th© 

 fort. Among thofe who have been entrufl- 

 ed with this pofl, William Burnet deferves 



