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with the ftream from diftant parts. The 

 foil is likewife very often different on the 

 different fides of a rivulet, being rich and 

 fertile on the one, and dry, barren, and 

 iandy on the other. But a great river can 

 make (till greater differences. Thus we 

 fee the great difparity between the pro- 

 vince of Penfylvania, and New Jerfey, 

 which are only divided by the river Dela- 

 ware. In Penfylvania the foil confifts of 

 a mould mixed with fand and clay, and is 

 very rich and fertile : and in the woods 

 which are higher in the country, the ground 

 is mountainous and ftony. On the other 

 hand, in the province of New Jerfey, the 

 foil is poor and dry, and not very fertile, 

 fome parts excepted. You can hardly find 

 a (tone in New Jerfey, and much lefs moun- 

 tains. In Penfyhania you fc arce ever fee 

 a fir-tree, and in New Jerfey are whole 

 woods of it. 



This evening I arrived at Philadelphia. 



May the 2 2d. The locufts began to 

 creep out of their holes in the ground lafl 

 night, and continued to do fo to-day. As 

 foon as their wings were dry, they began v 

 their fong, which is almoft fufficient to 

 make one deaf, when travelling through 

 the woods. This year there was an im- 

 menfe number of them. I have given a 



minute 



