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I\ir. Clayton'i" fecond Letter^ con-- 

 taming his farther O^fervations 

 on Virginia- 



BEing honoured with the Thanks of the 

 Society for my laft, and receiving by 

 my worthy Friend Dr. Moulin their Com- 

 rnands to proceed, I have added here my 

 Obfervations of the Waters , and part 

 of the Earth and Soil, I fliall wave both 

 Complements and Apologies, fince I have 

 greater Refpeft and Honour for the So- 

 ciety than I qan pollibly exprefs, and have 

 no realbn to fufpeft their Favour^ whofe 

 Candidnefs I fo fignally proved in my 

 laft, 



Of the WATER. 



'npWixt the two Gapes, the Southern, call'd 

 1 the Ca]^e Henry ^ the more Northerly 

 caird Ca^e Charles^ there runs up a great Bay, 

 caird the Bay of Cheefefeakjy nine Leagues 

 over in fome places, in moft Seven, lying 

 much Weft, Nore and South, dividing Vir- 

 ginia into two uneq^ual Parts. On the Eaft 

 lide of this Bay there lies a narrow neck of 

 Land^ which liiakes the Counties of Nonhamf- 



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