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miscarried and sustained very consider able 
losses thereby. This mine was first discovered 
in 1751, by a person who, passing along about 
three o'clock in the moroingv observed, a blue 
flame, about the size of a man, issuing from 
the earth, which afterwards 4 soon died awayrT 
he marked the place with a stake ; arid when 
the hill was opened, several large lumps of 
virgin copper were found.; The vein of copper 
in the mines is said to be much richer now than 
when first opened. 
From the Posaick to the North River the 
country is hilly, barren, and uninteresting, till 
you come very near the latter, when a noble 
view opens all at once of the city of New York 
on the opposite shore, of the harbour, and 
shipping. The river, which is very grand, can 
be traced for several miles above the city; the 
banks are very steep on the Jersey side, and 
beautifully wooded, the trees almost dipping 
into the water: numbers of vessels plying 
about in every part, render the scene extremely 
uprightly and interesting. 
New York is built on an island of its own 
name, formed by the North and the East 
Rivers, and a creek or inlet connecting both of 
these together. The island is fourteen miles 
long, and, on an average, about one mile in 
breadth; at its southern extremity stands the 
city, which extends from one’river to the other. 
