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Show N E VV C A S T L E. wa up into the country. " The Patuxen, w h l·C I1 we have. .le ft b hY. nd us faid the n after of the fchooner as we were f~uhng le I. ' ' .1 ~ fii ls over this b~autiful bay, is na igable near fifty nu es or ve e of three hundred ton burthen. Yonder, he added~ are South and Severn n.v ers, nav1· gable above ten miles. A httle farther is the Patapfico, a large and noble river ; where ~ have gone uP C.f ·les Gunpowder and Buill rivers admtt only fioops n teen m1 · · · d and fchooners. The Sufquehal?nah, though fo maJefttc, an. fuperior in appearance, has only a ibort, .and that a bad na~Igation; but it rifes an imme~fe way off 111 unkn~wn and In~ hofpitable regions, is exceedmgly large and beauttful, and af fords great variety of fi{}1 , On the eafrern. !bore, he co~cluded, are Bahama, Sa!fafras, Chefter, W ye, Miles, Great Clw~tank, L.ttle Choptank, Nanticote, 1\1anokin, and Pocomoke nvers; 1 all of them navigable, more or lei•~ , for fever..1 1 mt·1 es. ''- Su c h was our converfation and entertainment during this delightful voyage .. Frederic-town is a [mall village on the wdl:ern fide of Saifafras river, built for the accommodation of {hangers and tra ... vellers; on the eaftern fide, exaetly oppofite to it, is another fmall village (George-town), ereCted for the fame purpofe. Havina hired an I tali an chaife, with a fervant and horfe to attend C::e as far as Philadelphia. I left Frederic-town the next day, and went to Newcafi:le, thirty-two. miles. . Newca{He is fituated upon Delaware nver, about forty miles above the Bay, and a hundred from the Capes. It is. the capital of the three lower counties, but a place of very l!ttle.co~fideration; there are fcarcely more than an hundred houfes 111 It, and no public buildings that deferve to be taken notice of. The church, prdbyterian and q.uakers meeting- houfes, courthoufe, and market-houfe, are almofl: equally bad, and unde-ferving of attention. . . . . The province, of which this is the captta1, and wh1ch.1s di{:. tinguiilied by the name of the Three Lower, Counties of New~ cafl:Je, P H I L A D E L P H 1 A. cafile, Sulfex, and Kent, belonged formerly to the Dutch; but was ratified to the crown of England, hy the treaty of Breda; it was afcerward fold by the duke of York to the proprietor of Pen!ylvania, and has continued a feparate government, though nearly under the fame regulations with that province, ever fince. The fame governor prefides over both; but the aifembly, and courts of judicature are different: different as to their confiituent members, for in form they are nearly alike. The airembly confill:s of eighteen perfons, elected annually by the people; fix for each county : this with the governor, forms the legiflature of the province. There is a militia, in which all perfons, from eighteen to fifty, are obliged to be in~ rolled ; and the county of N ewcaflle alone furnilhes more than fe-ven hundred. The next day I fet out for Philadelphia, dill:ant about thirtyfix miles, and arrived there in the evening. The country all the way bore a difrerent afpect from any thing I had hitherto feen in America. 1t was much better cultivated, and beautifully laid out into fields of clover, grain, and flax. I paired by a very pretty village called Wilmington ; and rode through two others, viz. Chefter and Derby. The Delaware river is in fight great part of the way, and is three miles broad. Upon the whole nothing could be more pleafing than the ride which I had this day. 1 ferried over the Sch uilkill, about three miles below Philadelphia; from whence to the city the whole country is covered with villas, gardens, and lux miant orchards. Philadelphia, if we confider that not eighty years ago the place where it now il:ands was a wild and uncultivated defart, inhabited by nothing but ravenous beatl.s, and a .f<tvage people, mufl: certainly be the objetl: of every one's wonder and admiration. It is fituated upon a tongue of land, a few miles above the confluence of the Delaware and Schuilkill; :~nd contains about 3000 houfes, and 18 or 2o,ooo inhabitants. It is built G 2 north 43 |