An Hiftorical Defcription 
O V THE 
PROVINCE and COUNTRY 
O F 
Weft-New-JerJey 
AMERICA. 
A fhortView of ^ heir Laws, Cuftoms and Religion'' As 
alfo the "Temperament of the Air and Climate ; The 
fatnefs of the Soil, with the vaft Produce of Pace, gcc. 
The Improvement of their Lands (as in England) to 
Taflure . Meadows. 8cc. Their making great quanti- 
ties of Pitch and Tar„ as alfo Turpentine^ 'which pro- 
ceeds from the Pine Trees , with Ro\sn as dear as 
Gum-Arabic^, with particular Kerri arks upon their 
Towns, Fairs and Markets ; with the great Plenty of 
Oyl and Whale-Bone made from the great number of 
Whales they yearly take : As alfo many other Profita- 
ble and New Improvements. 
Never made Publick till now. 
By GABRIEL THOMAS, 
L Q N T> O N: 
Printed in the Tear 1698. 
