Vol. III. MifcelUnea Curiof u ^ o i 



j4 Continuation of Mr. John Clay^ 

 tonV Account of Virginia. 



Of the Earth and Soil. 



T XrHen you make the Capes of f^irginia^^ 

 V Y you may obferve it low Land, fb that 

 atibme diftance the Trees appear as if they 

 grew in the Water; and as you approach 

 Higher to emerge thegce. For a hundred 

 jyiiles up into the Country, there are few 

 Stones to be found, only in fome places,Rocks 

 of Iron Oar appear, which made me expeQ: 

 to have found many Waters turn Purple 

 with Galls, but never met with any. Pro- 

 vidence has fupplied the common ufe of 

 Stones, by making the Roads very good : lb 

 that they ride their Horfes without ftiooing 

 them; which. yet are more rarely beaten on 

 their Feet, than ours are in England^ the 

 Country and Clime being dry, their Hoofs 

 -are much harder ; For I obferved, that take 

 a Horfe out of the wet Marflies, and Swamps, 

 as they there call them, and ride him imme- 

 diatly, and he'll quickly be tender-footed • 

 In fome places, jfor feveral Miles together^ 

 the Earth is fo intermixed with Oyfter- 

 fliells, that there may feem as many SheUs 

 as Earth and how deep they lie thus inter- 

 Riingled, I think, is not yet kaown : for at 



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