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run down in them. Thefe meadows which 

 are fo carefully watered, are commonly 

 mowed three times every fummer. But it 

 is likewife to be obferved, that fummer 

 continues feven months here. The inha- 

 bitants feldom fail to employ a brook or 

 fpring in this manner, if it is not too far 

 from the meadows to be led to them. 



The leaves were at prefent fallen from 

 all the trees ; both from oaks, and from all 

 thofe which have deciduous leaves, and 

 they covered the ground in the woods fix 

 inches deep. The great quantity of leaves 

 which drop annually, would neceflarily feem 

 to encreafe the upper black mould greatly. 

 However, it is not above three or four 

 inches thick in the woods, and under it lays 

 a brick coloured clay, mixed with a fand of 

 the fame colour. It is remarkable, that a 

 foil which in all probability has not been 

 ilirred, fhould be covered with fo little 

 black mould : but I ihall fpeak of this in 

 the fequel. 



November the 14th. The Squirrels which 

 run about plentifully in the woods are of 

 different fpecies j I here intend to defcribe 

 the moft common forts, more accurately. 



The grey Squirrels are very plentiful in 

 Penjylvania and in the other provinces of 

 North America. Their fhape correfponds 



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