(i<5o) 
%herc Chkatahat the grcateft Sagamore of 
the Countrey lived before the plague ; hew 
ihc Town of Braintree is featcd, no Boat 
noic Ship can come near to it^ here is an 
Iron mill.* to the Weft of this Town is 
Six miles beyond Braintree lyeth Dor-^ 
cbcjicrj a frontire Town pleafantly feated^. 
and of large extent into the main land, 
well Avatered witk.two (raall Rivers, h^i 
body and wings filled fomcwhat thick 
with houfes to the number of two huadred 
and more, beautified with fair Orchards 
and Gardens y having alfo plenty of Corn- 
land, ind ftorc of Cattltjcountcd thegrcat- 
cft Town heretofore in Nen^' England J but 
now gives way to BoflaHj it hath a Harbour 
to the North for -^hips. , 
A mile from Dorchejter is the Town of 
Koxbury^ a fair and handfome Countrey 
Town, the firccts large, the Inhabitants 
jrich, rcplcnifhcd with Orchards and Gar- 
dens, well watered with fprings and fmall 
frc(hets,a brook runs through it called Smelt- 
River, a quarter of a mile to the North- fide 
of the Town runs ftony River : it is featcd 
in the bottom of a (hallow Baf^ but hath no 
harbour for (hipping. Boats come to it, it 
bith ftore of Land and Cattle. 
Two miles Northeaft from Koxbury^ and 
Forty 
