io6 March 1749. 



Near the furface of the ground were fomc 

 poles laid, on which the hay was put, 

 that the air may pafs freely through it. I 

 have mentioned befgre, that the cattle have 

 no ftables in winter or fummer, but muft 

 go in the open air, during the whole year. 

 However, in Philadelphia, and in a few 

 other places, I have feen that thofe people 

 who made ufe of the latter kind of hay- 

 ftacks, viz. that with moveable roofs, com- 

 monly had built them fo, that the hay was 

 put a fathom or two above the ground, on 

 a floor of boards, under which the cattle 

 could ftand in winter, when the weather 

 was very bad. Under this floor of boards 

 werefpartitions of boards on all the fides, 

 which however flood far enough from each 

 other, to afford the air a free pafTage. 



March the 27th. In the morning I 

 went in order to fpeak with the old Swede, 

 Nils Gufiafion, who was ninety-one years 

 of age. I intended to get an account of 

 the former ftate of New Sweden. The 

 country which I now paffed through was 

 the fame with that which I had found in 

 thofe parts of North America I had hitherto 

 feen. It was diverfified with a variety of 

 little hills and vallies : the former con- 

 lifted of a very pale brick-colonred earth, 

 competed, for the greateft part, of a fine 



fand, 



