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very convenient for Travelling; and we have no oc- 
cafion for Shooing our Horfes, except in frofty Wea- 
ther. And what with the goodnefs of our little 
Horfes, and the finoothnefs of the Roads, we can tra^ 
vel upon occafion fifty Miles in a Summers Afternoon, 
and ibmetimes a hundred Miles in a Day: indeed our 
Miles are not counted fo long as in England, As 
for the natural Situation of the Country, the number 
of Navigable Rivers, Creeks, Inlets, render it fo Con- 
venient for Exporting, and Importing Goods into any 
part thereof, by Water Carriage, that no Country can 
compare with it. The rich and plentiful Gifts of Na- 
ture likewife add to the Happinefs of the Place ; the 
Three Elements affording plenty of Food for the ufe of 
Man, viz* Deer, Fowle, both Water and Land, in a- 
bundance: and for the prefer ving of Health many ex- 
cellent Herbs and Roots, the difcovery of whofe Ver- 
tues we owe chiefly to the Indians. As for the natural 
Produdt of the Country, we have for Timber, feveral 
forts ©f Oak, viz. The Red^ White, Black, Chefnut^ 
Water, Spanifli, and Line Oaks; which laft bears a 
Leaf like a Willow. We have Cedar White and Red y 
theRcdferves only for Pofts and Groundfils, the White 
to rive or fplit into Boards, that being the freed from 
Knots, and goes under the name of Cyprefs, but I 
think falfly. 
Here is a Tree wc call Cyprefs, which is extraor-- 
dinary large in Bulk, and bears a Leaf like the Send- 
tive Plant, it is foftand fpungy, will not Rive, and is 
fit for no ufe. We have Black Wallnut, which is 
mightily efteemed by the Joyners for its Grain and 
Colour. Here is a fort of Poplar that makes good 
White Plank, it is a large Tree, and bears a Flower 
like a Tuhp. We have alfo plenty of Pine, and . 
Dog-wood, which is a fine Flower-bearing-Tree. Saf 
