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the other; for in Penfyhania the ground; 

 confifts of more clay and black mould, andi 

 is very fertile -, but in New Jerfey it is more 

 fandy and very poor, fo that the horfes 

 went very deep in fand in feveral parts of 

 the road. Near the place where we were 

 brought over, and a little way along the 

 fhore was a thick firwood : the trees were 

 not very high, but in their greateft vigour; 

 between them appeared now and then a 

 low bufh of oak. But after travelling about 

 three Englifli miles, the firwood ended, and 

 we faw no more trees of this kind till we came 

 to the church in Raccoon. In all the parts of 

 Penfyhania where I have been, I have found 

 few firwoods ; on the other hand, they are 

 abundant in New Jerfey, and efpecially in 

 the lower part of that province. We af- 

 terwards found all the day long no other 

 trees, than fuch as have deciduous leaves ; 

 moft of thefe were oaks of different forts, 

 and of confiderable height, but they flood 

 every where far enough afunder, to admit 

 a chaife to pafs through the wood without 

 any inconvenience, there being feldom any 

 fhrubs or underwood between the trees, to 

 obftrudt the way. The leaves were all 

 fallen, and covered the ground more than a 

 hand's breadth : this had an appearance of 

 cncreafing the upper black foil greatly. In 



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