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the fame are divers little Iflands, upon fome of Which there arc 
Plantations. 
Into this Bay do iffue fo many large , plcafant and commodious 
Rivcrs,as I verily believe no fpace of ground of equal dimenfions 
in the whole world can boaft of the like: The moft eminent of thefe 
dx^y^amesKivtr^TorkyKapA'han-nock Chop- 
unck 5 the four laft retain their Indian names. At the head of the 
Bay dp enter three large Riverstone whereof is called Suf ca han- 
mh ^froh:i a Nation of Indians fo called,bordering on the fame ; the 
names pf the other two I do not well remember. Befides thefe,there 
are twice as many as navigable as thefe, but by reafdn they run not 
above thirty or forty miles ^ I lhall forbear infertingany of their 
names. Fotomacky thelargeftof all therefl:,is at the mouth ten mifes 
broadband continueth that bredth for twenty miles up ; from which 
place it is fix miles broad , and continueth that bredth for thirty 
miles higher,and is in length about two hundred miles. This River 
lieth about the middle of the Bay, and divider h the Government be* 
tween my Lord of Baltamore and Sr.WilLBarflet',thc other Rivers, 
whofe names are here inferted,are moft of them two Leagues broad 
at the mouth, and fome of them a hundred and fifty, others a 
handred and twenty miles in length. 
The Tides are fcarce difcernible, when the winds hold at North- 
wefl ; but at other times they flow as they do in England^only they 
appear not fo large; the reafon whereof may be, becaufe the Tide 
diffufeth it felf into fo many fpacious Rivers ; neither is it needful, 
in regard the Bay and Rivers are deep enough without the help of 
the Tide to receive the biggeft Ship in the world ; only it is help- 
ful to briogin veflTels when the winds arefmall or opppfite. 
In the Rivers are great plenty and variety of delicate Fifh ; one 
kind whereof is by the Englifli called a Sheep/head^ from the refem- 
b!ance the eye of it bears with theeye of a Sheep: This fifli is ge- 
nerally about fifteen or fixteen inches long , and about half a foot 
broad 5 it is a wholefom and pleafant fifibjand of eafiedigeftion. A 
Planter does oftentimes takea dozeu or fourteen in an hours time, 
with hook and line. 
There is another fort which the EngUfli call a Drum * many of 
which are two foot and a half or three foot long. This is likewife 
^ a very good filh, and there is great plenty of them. In the bead of 
this fifh there is a jelly,which being taken out and dried in the Sun,, 
then beaten to powder and given in broth , procureth fpeedy de- 
livery to women in labour. 
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