New Jerfey, Trenton. 221 



river Delaware was very narrow here, and 

 the banks the fame as we found them 

 yefterday, after we had parled Burlington. 

 About eight o'clock in the morning we ar- 

 rived at Trenton*. 



June the 2d. This morning we left 

 Trenton, and proceeded towards New York. 

 The country I have defcribed before -f. 

 The fields were fown with wheat, rye, 

 maize, oats, hemp, and flax. In feveral 

 places, we faw very large pieces of ground 

 with hemp. 



We faw abundance of chefnut-trees in 

 the woods. They often flood in exceffive 

 poor ground, which was neither too dry 

 nor too wet. 



Tulip-trees did not appear on the 

 road ' y but the people faid there were fome 

 in the woods. 



The Beaver- tree f Magnolia g/auca J grows 

 in the fwamps. It was now in flower, and 

 the fragrancy of its blofToms had fo per- 

 fumed the air, that one could enjoy it 

 before one approached the fwamps y and 

 this fine fmell likewife fhewed that a bea- 

 ver-tree was near us, though we often 

 happened not to fee it. 



The 



# Sec Vol. I. p. 220. f Ibid, p. 224 — 237. 



