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He faid he could very well remember the 

 ftate of this country, at the time when the 

 Dutch poffefTed it, and in what circum- 

 ftances it was in before the arrival of the 

 Englifh. He added, that he had brought 

 a great deal of timber to Philadelphia, at 

 the time that it was built. He ftill re- 

 membered to have feen a great foreft on 

 the fpot where Philadelphia now ftands. 

 The father of this old man had been one 

 of the Swedes who were fent over from Swe- 

 den, in order to cultivate and inhabit this 

 country. He returned me the following 

 anfwers to the queftions I afked him. 



Quere, Whence did the Swedes, who 

 firft came hither, get their cattle ? The 

 old man anfwered, that when he was a boy, 

 his father and other people had told him, 

 that the Swedes brought their horfes, cows, 

 and oxen, fheep, hogs, geefe, and ducks, 

 over with them. There were but few of a 

 kind at firft, but they multiplied greatly here 

 afterwards. He faid, that Maryland, New 

 York, New England, and Virginia, had 

 been fooner inhabited by Europeans than 

 this part of the country ; but he did not 

 know whether the Swedes -ever got cat- 

 tle of any kind, from any of thefe pro- 

 vinces, except from New York. Whilft he 

 was yet very young, the Swedes, as well 



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