. Travels into North America [microform] : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general : with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. ; tide was g we con- , with the low palTed 1 were to grey fand- Rcep, and nd likewife le weftern lowever did mountains )S of thefe F from our furrounded for cultiva- [ according- ilance from s computed m the h
. Travels into North America [microform] : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general : with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. ; tide was g we con- , with the low palTed 1 were to grey fand- Rcep, and nd likewife le weftern lowever did mountains )S of thefe F from our furrounded for cultiva- [ according- ilance from s computed m the high )me Engli/b on the wef- i change of allies cover- , and oaks, clofe to the , but their ler from the fome miles together, Between New Tork and Albany, zi^i together, nothing but high round moun- tains and valleys, both covered with woods; the valleys are in reality nothing but low rocks, and (land perpendicular towards the river in many places. The breadth of the river is fometimes two or three muflcet fhot, but commonly not above one; every now and then we faw feveral kinds of iirfi leaping out of the water. The wind va- niriied away about ten o'clock in the morn- ing, and forced us to get forwards with our oars, the tide being almoft fpent. In one place on the weftern ftiore we faw a wooden houfe painted red, and we were told, that there was a faw-mill further up ; but be- fides this we did not perceive one farm or any cultivated grounds all this forenoon. The water in the river has here no more a brackifti tafte ; yet I was told that the tide, efpecially when the wind is South, fometimes carries the fait water up higher with it. The colour of the water was likewife altered, for it appeared darker here than before. To account for the firft origin of rivers is very difficult, if not wholly impoffible; fome rivers may have come from a great refervoir of water, which being confiderably encreafed by heavy falls of rain or other circumftances, palled its old bounds and flowed t
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