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neighbourhood of Salem are forne very low 

 and fwampy meadows ; and therefore it is 

 reckoned a very imwholefome place. Ex- 

 perience has fhewn, that thofe who came 

 hither from other places to fettle, got a 

 very pale and fickly look, though they ar- 

 rived in perfect health, and with a very live- 

 ly colour. The town is very eafily diftin- 

 guifhed about this time, by the difagreeable 

 flench which arifes from the fwamps. The 

 vapours of the putrid water are carried to 

 thofe inhabitants which live next to the 

 marfhes ; and enter the body along with the 

 air, and through the pores, and thus are hurt- 

 ful to health. At the end of every fum- 

 mer, the intermitting fevers are very fre- 

 quent. I knew a young couple, who came 

 along with me from England to America : 

 foon after their arrival at Philadelphia, they 

 went to Sakm, in perfect health ; but a few 

 weeks after they fell fick, and before the 

 winter was half over they were both dead. 



Many of the inhabitants plant Saffron ; 

 but it is not (o good and fo ftrong as the 

 Englijh and French Saffron. Perhaps it 

 grows better by being laid up for fome 

 years, as tobacco does. 



The Goffypium herbacewn, or Cotton plant, 

 is an annual plant; and feveral of the in- 

 habitants of Salem had began to fow it. 

 L 3 Some 



