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Mr. Clay ton' j 1 Second Letter y containing bis 
farther Ob formations on Virgin ia. 
13 Eing honoured with the Thanks of the Society for 
Jlj my laft, and receiving by my worthy Friend 
Dr. Moulin their Commands to proceed, I have added 
here my Observations of the Waters, and part of the 
Earth and Soil. I fliall wave bom Complements and 
Apologies, fince I have greater Refped: and Honour for 
the Society than I can poflibly exprefs, and have no rea- 
fon to fufpedt their Favour, whole Candidaefs I (o fig- 
nally proved in my laft. 
Of the Waters. 
'TT^Twixt the two Capes, the Southern, calfd the 
1 Cape Henry , the more Northerly call'd Cape 
Charles, there runs up a great Bay, calfd the Bay of 
Cheefepeak ; Nine Leagues over in fome places, in mod 
Seven, lying much Weft, Nore and South, dividing 
Virginia into two unequal parts. On the Eaft fide of this 
Bay there lies a narrow Neck of Land, which makes the 
Counties of Northampton and Accomack. On the Weft fide 
of the Bay there branches forth four great Rivers, 
James River, Tor k River, Rapahanack and Potomack, that 
rife from a Ridge of Mountains, whereof more in the Se- 
quel. Thefe Rivers plentifully water all the other parts 
of F/rgiffitf,emptying themfelves into the great Bay. The 
Mouth of James River, which is the moft Southerly of 
them, to the Mouth of Potomack, which is the moft 
Northerly, may be a hundred Miles diftance : But as I 
have been credibly inform'd, that the Falls of James 
River are not paft Thirty Miles from Potomack, which is 
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