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Show s c ·.-. N J ', E R Y. ~OJ ber; they fland jn the triarkd p .1cc, not ftr t i.l:.mt f10m the fqu.1rc i1 · which the chateau is fi tu.ttcd, but n r)rt: in the h art of tll · town. The n.arl -ct of ~eb ·c i.; cxtrclll' ly wdl fupplid v.·i h pro ifions of every kind, which may be umchafcd at a much nwr..: no lcr«tc price than ll1 any town I viil.ted in the Unit ·d SL.1tcs. I t is a tn ;tttc;r of curioGty to a firang...:r to h.: the llll 'l.b..:r of J 1·~· yoked i 1 lit k c;trts, tlut arc brought into this marl t by tltc pt:<>I•k wl v a• t 'Ill! it. The Can:l Jian d gs arc found cxtre u) c:!y u1cf"ul in dr.nvinrr burt;1cn;, at d theP..: i. !i arccly a f~ami.ly in ~t.b cc or 1\ iontrc.ll, th:J.t c1oes not ' t:p one or mo·c of them for that purpok. 'hey; re i0mc vh.tt fimiLtr to the I cwfoundland brc.:ed, but bn .. aL'cr aero!~ thL: loin", and hav ... ihOJ ter and thictcr k gs ; in general they arc hantlromc, and wonde rfully do ik ~ nJ 1;tg:1.cions ; their f1.1cngth is pro.li.':;ious; I luvc.: il:cn a Cngk do_tr, in more.: thJn one in{bn c, draw a mat for a co1JfiJcrabL.: difl: tn cc tlut oulJ not w-..igh lefs than ten fionc.:. People, dnrin~r the winter ft.a((m, r~quently pcrfonu long journeys on tbc fnow with half a dozen or n ore of the[<.; anim ~tl yol ed in a ari lc or !lcdJC. I mufl: not oncludc this letter without making mention of the fccncry that is exhibited to the view, from various pat t of the upper town of ~e b ·c, which, for its grandeur, its l>cauty, an l its div riiry, furpt!les all that I have hitherto fcen in .L\mL:ric;t, or iml ·cd in any other part of the globe. In the varie~atc d cxpa11fc t 1 t is bid open before you, 11:upcndous rocks, inuncnCe rivers, tctckle[s fordls and cultivated plain·, mountain s, lake. , towm, and vi lb_;t.s, in tun flrike th attention, and the fenfcs are ahnofl: bcwiller d i ,1 cont..:1 1 1).ttin~r th'..! v::fl:nds of the <> fcenc. Natur" is here fccn on the grat d..:/c iL,llt:; and it i .; f<_arccly poflibk for the ima gination to p,1iut to itlt:lf any ui,,g m rc (uhlitn~ than arc the fcvcr.1l prorpects prdc ntt:d t() the Jight of thl: cklightcd fpc:cLttor. From Cape 1 >ic1mond, Iitu; ted on~ thoul:lll l feet above the lcvd of the river, and th~ lofLdl p.trt of th<.: rock on w:1id1 the city i · built, the profpl:Ct is wnfllkred by many ns fupcrio· to t ut from any other fpot. A greater cxt:nt of ountry opens upon you, an 1 the eye i here enabled to tak<.; in more at once, th <w at any oth r pb e; but to me it app 'ars, that the v·c v from the cape is by no me.ms (c) D J 2. 1ine |
