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{\ttm\s ( wherein^ are an infinite of fifh ) 
manifcfting fhc goodneft of the foil which 
is black, reci-clay, gravel, fandjloom, and 
v^ry deep in feme places, as in the valleys 
and fwamps, which are low grounds and 
bottoms infinitely thick fet with Trees and 
Bufiies of all forts for the moft part> o- 
thers having no other (hrub or Tree grow- 
ing^but fprufe,undcr the (hades whereof you 
may freely walk two or three mile toge- 
ther 5 btfng goodly large Trees, and conve- 
nient for maftsand fail-yards. The whole 
Counttie produceth fprings in abundance 
replenifhed with excellent waters, having 
all the properties afcribed to the beft in the 
world. 
Smft is^t in jp^ce, light poiz'^d^ to loo\ in 
clear ^ 
And quic\ in hoiling ( which eflcmed 
were } 
Such qualities ^ as rightly underwood 
Without en thefe no water could be good* 
One Spring there is^ at Black-point in the 
ffWince ff Main, coming out sf m^ddy-clay 
that will colour a fpadci as if hatchi with fiU 
ver^ it is purgative and cures fhabr and Itch ^ 
The Mountains and Rocky HiUs are 
richly furnifhed with mines of Lead^^Jver, 
Gop- 
