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A M E %I C A. 



Chap. II. 





mod pleasant temperate Weather : The Winds there are variable, from the South 

 comes Heat, Gufts, and Thunder , from the North or North.Weft.cold Weather , 

 and in Winter, Froft and Snow 8 from the Eaft and South-Eaft, Rain. 



The Soyl is very fertile, and furniflVd with many pleafant and commodious 

 Rivers, Creeks, and Harbors. 



The Country is generally plain and even, and yet diftinguilh'd with lome pret- 

 ty fmall Hills and Rifings, with variety of Springs and Rivulet* : The Woods are 

 for the moft part free from Underwood, fo that a Man may Travel or Hunt for his 



Recreation. 



The ordinary entrance by Sea into this Country is between two {apes , diitant 

 each from the other about feven or eight Leagues , the South Cape is call'd Cape 

 Henry ■ the North, Cape Charles ; within the Capes you enter into a fair <Bay, Navi- 

 gable for at leaft two hundred Miles, and is call'd Cbefapeack <Bay , ftretching it felf 

 Northerly through the heart of the Countrey, which adds much to its Fame and 

 Value : Into this Bay fall many (lately Rivers, the chief whereof is fatomeck, which 

 is Navigable for at leaft a hundred and forty Miles: The next Northward, is <Pa- 

 tuxent, at its entrance diftant from the other about twenty Miles, a River yielding 

 great Profit as well as Pleafure to the Inhabitants . and by reafon of the Iflands and 

 other places of advantage tkat may Command it , both fit for Habitation and De« 

 fence : Pafling hence to the Head of the Bay, you meet with feveral pleafant and 

 commodious Rivers, which for brevity we here omit to give any particular ao 

 count of : On the Eaftern Shore are feveral commodious Rivers, Harbors, Creeks, 

 and Iflands ; to the Northward whereof you enter into another fair Bay, call'd 

 Delaware <Bay -, wide at its entrance about eight Leagues, and into which falls a very 

 fair Navigable River. 



This Countrey yields the Inhabitants many excellent things for Phyfick and 

 SThTcom" Chyrurgery; they have feveral Herbs and Roots which are great Prefcrvatives 

 againft Poyfon, as SnAe-Root, which prefently cures the bitings of the Rattle-Snake, 

 which are very Venomous, and are bred in the Countrey } others that cure all 

 manner of Wounds; they have Saxafras , SarfapariUa, Gums and Balfoms, which 

 Experience (the Mother of Art) hath taught them the perfect ufe of. 



An Indian feeing one of the English much troubled with the Tooth-ach, fetch'd a 

 Root out of aTree,which apply'd to the Tooth, gave eafe immediately to the Par- 

 ty 5 other Roots they have fit for Dyers, wherewith the Indians Paint themfelves as 



facoone (a deep red,) o-c. 



The Timber of thefe parts is good and ufeful for Building of Houfes and Ships, 

 the white Oak for Pipe-ftaves, the red for Wainfcot; there is likewife black Wall- 

 Nut, Cedar, Pine, and Cyprefs, Cheft-nut, Elme, Alh, and Popelar, all which are 

 for Building and Husbandry : Fruit-trees, as Mulberries, <Perfimons, with feveral 

 kind of Plumbs, and Vines in great abundance. 



Of Strawberries there is plenty, which are ripe in Jpril, Mulberries in May, Raf- 

 berries in June, and the Maracok, which is fomething like a Lemon, is ripe in Augufi. 

 In Spring time there are feveral forts of Herbs, as Corn-fallet, Violets, Sorrel, Pur. 

 flane, and others which are of great ufe to the English there. 



In the upper parts of the Countrey are Butfeloes, Elks, Tygers, Sears, Wolves, and 

 great ftore of Deer s as alfo Beavers, Foxes, Otters, Flying-Squirils, Racoons, and 

 many other forts of Beafts. 



Of Birds, there is the Eagle, Gofhawk, Falcon, Lanner, Sparrow-hawk, and Mar- 

 lin ; alfo wi'ld Turkies in great abundance, whereof many weigh fifty Pounds in 

 weight and upwards, and of Partridge great plenty : There are likewife fundry 



lorts 



The natural 

 Commodities 

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trey 



