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heat of Summer it mightily cools the Air ; and too 
often at that time a fudden North^Wcftern ftrikes our 
Labourers into a Fever, when they are not careful to 
provide for it, and put on their Garments while they 
are at Work. We have little or no Woollen or Linnen 
Manufadure followedi by any of us (except what is 
flonc in Somerfet County over the Bay) becaufe we 
are yearly fupplied from England with necefiaries : but 
Tobacco is our Meat, Drink, Cloathing and Monies; 
not but that we have Money both Sfanijb and English 
pretty plenty, which ferves only for Pocket Expences, 
and not for Trade, Tobacco being the Standard for 
Trade, not only with the Merchants, but alfo among 
our felves. 
It were too tedious to relate the way and manner of 
making Tobacco, which is a Commodity fo vendible, 
efpecially thefe laft: feven years pad, that thoufands 
have got good Eftates by it. Moil of our Planters 
when they began this fort of Husbandry had not where- 
withal to Cloath themfelves, whereof feveral now are 
worth thoufands of Pounds. Indeed this Country hath 
been cniefly feated by Poor People, whofe Induftry 
hath raifed them to great Eftates Our common Drink 
is Syder, which is very good, and where it is rightly 
ordered not inferior to the beft White-Wine. We have 
Wine brought us from Maderd and Fajd , Rum 
fwm Barhadoes ; Beer, Mault, and Wines from Eng- 
land. We have plenty of good Grapes growing wild 
in the Woods, but there is no Improvement made of 
them. And now Sir, to touch a little upon that which 
chiefly under God Advances our welfare, viz. Our 
Government ; we are governed by the fame Laws as 
in England, only fome Ads of Aflembly we have re- 
lating to fome particular Cafes not under the Verge of 
^h€ Englijh Laws : or where the Laws of England do 
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