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Show TR \VELS IN TilE UNITED STATES: Th, pcrman ·nt rdidcnts on Lon6 Hland arc hi 'fly f Dutch c ' trn .. tion, and th<:y {ccm to luve inherited all the c· ldncfs , rcfcrv c, :1nd co vctou1i1cfs of their an ·cflors. It is a common fitying in ._w York, tb,tt :1 Long IOand man will conceal himfclf in his houfe on the appro: tch of a firanc;cr; ar1d really the numbcrlcfs infb.nCL of_ fhynr·(-; [ met wid1 in the inhabitants fcemcd to argue, that then.: was lome truth in the remark. If vou co but afl ... any !implc qu c1li n relati " to the neighbouring conntr~y, th y wdl eye you with fufp icion, and cvi(kntly :fl:nvc to difengagc thcmfdvcs from you; witlc:.:ly diff,;rent from the J\n olo-Amcricans, whole incp1ifitivcncfs in £i11ilar cir .: um{l:.:mccs wuuld ]cad th(.;m to a thou f. nd impertinent and tr uhlclt)'l c cnquiric· , in ord ·r to dilcovcr what your bulincfs was in tlut pl.tcc, allll how tlwy ..:\Juld p fitbly tal·c any adv,1nta~~c ol it. Theft; l)ptchntct :trc in gcn ... 1·1' v ·ry c cclknt Enmers; and Lvt ral of them h,t e vr.:.ry c .t ·r ~ tvc t r.td .. s o Lwd under cLlt'vation, for t 1c produce of whi h d1~rc 1~ ~~ ( ortvcilitnt and ready markttt at Nt.\"v' York. mon•rft tkn1 arc to 1 ·found m1 tlY very wc<.ltby m n; but except a few imhvidua1~, they lt vc 111 am ,m, )cnuriuu s, and mo un 011Cortnble manner. I'hc po pul.ttion of toe i land i dhn ated at ai out t 1i1 ty -f. \'CD thouf:tncl fJuls, or whi h number near five tb nf:.~nd arc Dav~s. It is the wdl:ern part of ttle iiland which is the bdL inhabited; a circurn(Lnce to be aCcribcd, not fo n.uch to the f. ·rttlity of the forl as its cont. ruity to tLe city of N ·w ·ork. llere arc Lv r.tl contidcra lc towns, as, F Ltth ull 1, ]'11naic.t, Bro( I...lyn n, Flufh111g, Utrc ht; tl1c thr ·e fir 1l -mcnt ionctl c t whid1 contain C<tch upwarch of one hundr~d boufes. Brook.lynn, the br~l'lC of th ... m, is fituat...: d jufl oppoiitc tn \~w York, iJI1 the lJo. nk of t 1c E.tfl: River, ::u d forms an a(rrecabk ubjcC.l: from the city. The foil of Long IO .• 1d is wdl adapted to the ulturl! of fm,t11 gmin ami In ;an corn; and the northe1 rt p.1rt, whrch !:. nllly, i: faid to be pccuii. Hly favomahk to th; produ '· · ,1 of fn11t. '1 Lc <..kbr. ted N~.:!wtown pi1 pin, though novv tc, be met " ·it 1 1n abnofi very p.!rt of the ate of Nc.v York, an go•1L~ 11 iq, K.i 1 t) 1::. ct fuJ r)ofed by m, ny perfons to attain . hi::;ber fhvour lH.rc thi u 1 1 < ny other part of America. 3 Of 1 E T U R N T 0 N E \V Y 0 P r. Of the pcculi:u foil of the plains that arc Jltu,1te l tow:nl th Ct'l.ll r of this iflaml, I h.wc before had occ::dl n to fpeak, vhen ddl:ribi1 :r tl o: · in the wcfh.:rn parts of the 'bte of New York. One pbin h· rc.:, l(mJewlnt different from the; rd1:, i · profufely covered with lluntl:d o.d,<; and pines; but no n-r:1in will grow upon it, thou6h it has hr.;cn ckarcd, and experiments h:we b ·u1 made for that purpof~ in many differen t J1hccp. Thi one goes UJH.kr th · af 1 ·lh ion of' Uru!by Pl.1i11. Immcnft: quantitie of grot&: and cl.:cr arc fl)ll! cl ami Hl: thc hrufl wood, v\'ith whic:1 it is cuv reel, and which is fo well (a leu L ted to ,1 t ·ord 111( lte r to thdc an inul . Law~ h tvc been patied, n t Jon ~; li · -c, to prcv nt the \'anton dc,lru I io of the deer; in C'On!l-q renee of which tht y arc hc i•inllit1E~ to incr ·a(l; mofi 1 apidly, not vi thihnding fuch grc.lt numbers arc anmully killed, a<> well for the New York market, as for the ful port of the inh,tbitants of the iO:>..n 1 ; indced it is found that th,;y nrc now incrc.d'ing in mo of the fettl·d part" of the {htcs of New York, where there is futl1cicnt wood to h.trbour them; whcrc.1s in the In liJn turitoricsJ the ckcr, as w:..IJ as mof1: othn will animals, nrc Lh?coming feu· cr cv ·ry yc:tr, notwithfl: andit rr tlut the 11111lthLr of ndian hunters i · - lfo dccrc,tiin_r; but thcfc p eople purf'uc the f. me dc\tru~live fyllem of huntin~, [ ,1 ttnL'l'Iy prac ifcd on Long li1and, I illing every <.t nimal th y rm:ct, vvh cthc:r Youno- or full o-rown. Not\\.itl fbndinv th ' flrong inJ.'IIlC!ions hid b b .._..., • upon them by the Canadi 1n traders, to fp .tr > f< IJ)C r~w b..:.tv...:rJ <lt c;tclt dam , in order to perp._tuate the breed, they ltd! c 1tinuc to ki lt th c(..: an imals wherever they find them, ru that they arc now entirely ll,tn:Olcd from plnce which u!cd to a ountl "ith, and \\ ich are Hili in a !late to h arlv1ur them, being ar removed frum the cultivat.·cl p:trts of the country. An annual ldic iency or fifteen t!wllf:tnJ ln., been obfcrvcd in thc llLH11bcr of beaver fl. .. ins brought down to l'vLnltt\ .... 11, Jx the lafi few yc~us. l• rom ] ,ong IOaml I returned to this city; which the holjlit.dity and ftiendly iviliti ·s I have experienced, in co.nmon witll ot!1et' fL·. 1.;ers, from i s mbabiu nts, Jl1ducc me to ra d .. as the mo!l .1gr 'c.tbl · place h.tvc vifitcd in the United ~tatcs: mn· am I J:n;_;ul r in thiq opinion, thcre being f ·arcdy any traveller I h. ve convc ·it:J With, bllL what givc_s lt |