4° 7 he Hijlory 
load and unload by the fide of 
it, and there are other Wharfs 
(with Magazines and Ware-Houfes) 
which front the City all along 
the River, asalfo a Curious and 
Commodious Dock with a Draw- 
Bridge to it, for the convenient 
Reception of VdTels; where 
have been built fome Ships of 
Two or Three Hundred Tuns 
each : They have very Stately 
Oaks to build Ships with, fome 
of which are between Fifty and 
Sixty Foot long, and clear from 
Knots, being very ftraight and 
well Grain’d. In this famous 
City of Philadelphia, there are fe- 
ver al Hope-Makers , who have 
large and curious Rope-Walks e- 
lpecially one j fofeph Wilcox. Al- 
to Three or Four Spacious Mdt- 
Houfes , as many large Brew- 
Houfes , and many handfom Bake- 
Houfes for Publick Ufe. 
In the faid City are feveral 
good Schools of Learning for 
Couth, in order to the Attain- 
ment 
