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locust trees, apple trees, hiccory, blackberry bushes and the 
like. The ground ceased to be so even as it was before, and 
began to look more like the English ground, diversified with 
hills and valleys. We found neither mountains nor great 
stones, and the wood was so much thinned, and on the ground 
so uniformly even, that we could see a great way between the 
trees, under which we rode without any inconvenience for 
there were no bushes to stop us. In some places, where the 
soil was thrown up, we saw some little stones of that kind 
of which the houses here are so generally built. I intend 
to describe them in the sequel. As we went on in the woods, 
we continually saw at moderate distances, little fields, which 
had been cleared of the wood. Each of these was a farm. 
These farms were commonly very pretty and a walk of trees 
frequently led from them to the highroad. The houses were 
all built of brick, or of stone, which is here everywhere to 
be met with. Every countryman, even though he was the 
poorest peasant, had an orchard with apples, peaches, chest- 
nuts, walnuts, cherries, quinces, and such fruits and some- 
times we saw the vines climbing along them. The valleys 
were frequently provided with little brooks which contained 
a crystal stream. The corn on the sides of the road was 
almost all mown, and no other grain besides maize and 
buckwheat was standing. The former was to be met with 
near each farm in greater or lesser quantities. It grew very 
well and to a great length, the stalks being from six to ten 
foot high and covered with fine green leaves. Buckwheat 
likewise was not very uncommon, and on some places, the 
people were beginning to reap it. I intend in the sequel to 
be more particular about the qualities and use of these kinds 
of corn. 
"After a ride of six English miles, we came to Ger- 
mantown. This town has only one street, but is near two 
English miles long. It is for the greatest part inhabited 
by Germans, who from time to come from their country to 
North America, and settled here, because they enjoy such 
privileges, as they are not possessed of anywhere else. Most 
