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River, have found that the Oranges, Lemmons, Pomegranates, Limes, Pome- 

 citrons, o-c. which they Planted there, have thriven beyond expe&ation - and 

 there is nothing which they have put into the Earth, that through any defedt in the 

 Soil, hath fail'd to profper. 



Befides thofe things which do ferve to fatisfie Hunger, or provoke it % the Land Commodi- 



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doth with great return produce Indigo, Ginger, Tobacco, Cotton, and other Com- county. 

 modities fit to fend abroad and furnifh foreign Markets-, and when a little time 

 fhall have brought thofe kind of Plants to maturity, and given the Inhabitants 

 leifure to furnifh themfelves with Conveniences for ordering thofe things aright, 

 the Trials that they have already made of the Soil and its fitnefs for fuch Plan- 

 tations, affurc you, that befides Silk, enough to (tore Europe, and a great many 

 other confiderable Commodities, they fhall have as great plenty of good Wine 

 and Oyl,asany part of the World. 



The Mould is generally black,' mellow, and upon handling feels fofr, and (to 

 ufe their Expreffion who have been there) foapy, and is generally all over the 

 Countrey jufl: like the fine Mould of our well order'd Gardens. Under this black 

 Earth, which is of a good thicknefs in moft places that they have try'd, there lies a 

 Bed of Marie, and in fome parts Clay. 



The Rivers areftor'd with plenty of excellent Fifh of feveral forts, which are ta* Vi fo and 

 ken with great eafe in abundance, and are one great part of the Natives Provifion, Watcr " FowI * 

 who are never like to want this Recruit, in a Countrey fo abounding in large Ri- 

 vers, there being in that one fmallTraft between Tort^afal and Cape Carteret, 

 which are not one Degree diftant, five or fix great Navigable Rivers, that empty 

 themfelves into the Sea. Thefe Rivers are alfo cover'd with Flocks of Ducks and 

 Mallard, whereof millions are feen together, befides Cranes, Herons, GccCc } Cur- 

 lews, and other Water-Fowl, who are fo eafie to be kill'd, that onely rifing at the 

 difcharge and noifc of a Gun, they inftantly light again in the fame place, and pre- 

 fently offer a frefli Mark to the Fowler. At the Mouths of the Rivers, and along 

 the Sea-Coaft, are Beds of Oyfters, which are of a longer Make than thofe in Europe, 

 but very well tafted, wherein are often found good large Pearls, which though the 

 unskilful Indians by wafliing the Oyfters do commonly difcolour, and fpoil their 

 luftre, yet 'tis not to be doubted, but if rightly order'd, there will be found many 

 of value, and the Fifhing for them turn to fome account. 



Befides the eafie Provifions which the Rivers and Sea afford, their Woods are 

 well ftock'd with Deer, Rabbets, Hares, Turtle-Doves, Phefants, Partridges, and 

 an infinite number of Wood»Pigcons and wild Turkies, which arc the ordinary 

 Diflies of the Indians, whofe Houfe-keeping depends on their Fifhing and Hunting, 

 and who have found it no ill way of Living in fo fertile a Countrey, to truft them- 

 felves without any labor or forecaft, to the Supplies which are there provided to 

 their hands, without the continual trouble of Tillage and Husbandry. Befides, 

 thefe Woods are fill'd with innumerable variety of fmaller Birds, as different in 

 their Notes as Kinds. 



The Temperature of this Province is agreeable to a Countrey, whofe Pofition Tcmpffa 

 is on the warmer fide of the temperate Zone, but yet the Heat is not fo fultry nor 

 offenfive, as in Places under the fame Latitude in the Old World . to which modera- 

 tion of Heat, as well as the healthinefs of it, the vaft Jtlantick Ocean, lying to the 

 Eaft and South of it, may perhaps not a little contribute, an inftance whereof 

 fome think China to be ; to which defervedly admir'd Countrey Carolina exa&ly an- 

 fwersin its Pofition and Latitude, the trending from North-Eaft to Sout^-Wcft 

 ofitsCoaft, and the lownefs of its Shore, and wants nothing but Inhabitants, to 



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