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Show fRi\.VF.LS TIIIt UGII NORTd AMERIC1: 1 i - . 11 , 10 ,j J1- ' h, ·n hul"lill'." !n m:1nv 1'laces the flame r fc: w1erc umCll\lJJ · ''-~ ~' • • I . ' I l I.J r,',,C (• 1 . Jy , bO\''' the J 1 nl!lit of th<.: tru s, ,..,. ltcn \ ll'C Ch : · con 1 ... t a 1 , .... . . growth. It was a ttTti.~·.duus, and at th.e fame time {~blm c i~:~t . The negro ·s on the fi.t·,outHling phntattons W( rc all a[i~·m led '-' llh 1 · 1 .11 \ ,,· 1t' he" were fhtioncd at everv corner to ~~t vc the ahrm t.lCll' 10~.-s, :1. • • '- ·' ' ' if the .firG appear J cliCwhcrc, ldl. the co nf1.1 •~ration Jl:ouLI b~oLOtJh.! ;~c-. neral. To nc plantation a f1 ark was carried by the wtnd more than halt a n ·11 c, ,. }1.·l. j)f1.t1)' , however , a torrent of rain in a !hcrt time altcrw.nJs c 1 mn pouriwr do~vn, and (.JJ~ bl"d the pcor1 to <.: •• titl~ui!h the ihm<.. in e\ery quarter. . . Wh~n thd. fires do not receive a tit . ly check, t 1cy fomctunes J~1 - crcaie to a moil: a],1rming height j nnd if the graf~ and dLad leaves 1 appcn to be v ·ry drf, :wd the wind. brifk, proccecl with fo great velocity th.tt the fwiftett rnnners arc often overtaken in cnd~avouring to cfcapc from the O.une . Imlt:ed. I hav~_; met with pcoplc, on whofe veracity the rrca crt d~pc mbnce might 1 e placed, tlut have allured me they have found it a dif1icnlt tafk, at times, to get out of the rc:t h of them, though mounted on good hor[<.:s. There i but one mo 1c of Jl:opping a fir of this kinu, which mak s fuch a rapi l1 progrefs along th~ ground. A number of ther fire arc kindled at fome di(larlCC a head of that which they wilh to extinguifh, fo as to form a line acrofs the courfe, which, from the clireCli n of the wind, it is likely to take. Thef~_; are carefully watched by a fuHicicnt number of men furnifhed with hoes arJCl rak~_;,,, and they arc prevented from frr 1ding, c .• ccpt on that f1dc wh.ch is towards the large fire, a matter cJfi y accomp ifhcd wh n attended. to in the beginning. Thus the fires in a f~.:w minut 'S meet, and of confc lUL n ·c they mufl: cea[c, as there is nothin~; left to fcrd tlwm, tl.c grafs and leaves bcin.; hurnt on all fides. ln g~ncral- there is but very little bru{hwoo,l in the woods of Amr ·ica, [! that thck fires chiefly run along tbc grounc!; the trees, howe Lr, arc ofki1 fcorchco, but it is very ran. .: for any or th ·m to be entirely confL m<..cl. The country between rhanna an l Glouccfl:er, a town fttuated upon Yotk I ivcr, is nc'thcr fa fandy nor fo flat a that borJ nng upon the 93 tbc 1 appa. annock. 'fh,~ tr· ~.::, ( 11icl1y pin r-, ~rc ol a very larO'e fize b ' and aCo.t :1b •rJc.hmc < f t•tr j' ll ti,Jc, v\h.ich is ·. traClcd lrom them in •:r .lt cp1antiti cs by the i! h. Litat t , princi r ally, hov.;r vcr, for home ( Oldtll11[1 ion. T h . tup ... . l~in..: i; c:ot by cuttin. a large O':tG1 in the tr ·c, '11 J (t:tting a troll ,.h und ···nc; th to r 'C\.;ive the re~nous matter di 'i kd from tho v.vuncl. ' b · tn.:~ · hns dr.tinecl bfl btt a D10rt time after they arc cut do\vn. In h;:; nt·i~hlH.,urboud th ere ar..: uumhcrs of 1wnds or ii . all lakes, furround,d by \\oods, alon~r f~>ll'e cf which the 'i ·ws :-trc v ry ]'1 :-tfinrr. F ·om moil: of them arc ftlls of water into 1on1c creek or ri\'cr, w.1ich afTord .\ccllcnt [cab L r mills. C I ntcc.ft~r contains nly ten u · tw lvc houfcs; it i f; fitu.tted on a neck of lanJ nearly oppoi] te to the town of Y ark, which is at the oth<.:r fide of the riv r. Th rc arc remains here of one or two redoubts thrown up Juring the \.var. The riv r betw en the two places is :1bout one mile 1 and a lulf wid ' and ::dfon.ls four fathom a!lll a hal. or watt;r. The town of York conilfl:s of about fev..:nty hou1cs, , n cpifcop:-tlian chur h, and a gaol. It i'l not now more than one t 1ird of the fizc it was bcfl r~ the war, :1nd it docs not appear 1jl dy foon to recover it former flouriflllng fl:at . : Grl'at quan tities of tob.1cco l.'rc ormerly infj. 1cCle here ; very little, however, is now L·aikd in the neighbourhood, the peopl' hJ.ving got into a habit of cultiv.tting wheat in preference. The li tic that is fent for infpe~ion is reckoned to be of the very bcfl: quality, and is all cng<lged for t!1c London m:u-h.tt . . York is r ·markablc f(Jr luvilJ ,. been the pl.tcc where Lord Cornw,\ llis iurrendercd his army to tl c combined forces of the An1cricans and F1cnch. A few of the n: doubt~, wbich wen; ereCted by e,tch army, arc ftill n.:J 1aining·, but tb<.: principr1.l fortifications arc almoll: quite obliterated; the plOu"h }t,l''' ]"<tOed OVer [ome oi' them, and PTOV~S of pine t1·ccs ff ·un up about othrrs, though, during the Jlcgc, c;,.cry tree nc,tr the town w:1s dd1:roycd. The firfl: and !ecollll parallels can jufl: be traced, when point-:d out by a pcrfon acquainted with them in a more perfcet fl:atc. In the town the houfcs bear cviJcnt marks of the ficrre and the in- '-' ' habitants |