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f »793* • We had feen frequent and large plantations o f f i c e ; but the fields
November, o f cotton, which this morning prefented themfelves to our attention,
Friday i . f n rmpf | a curious and pleafing hovdty. i pbferved that the tottdn-
was of the nankeen colour", and is plucked from the top o f a fixort
ftalk.
O f cities, towns, locks, and bridges, we have feen and faid fomuch,
that the reader and the writer would be equally fatigued with the daily
enumeration o f them. '
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'Panous .cp'c^mffnc.es of ^ . Enter the Tell w River. Pafs,
fever,al towns,-lakes, &c. \Ceryrnonfi at the city of Kianffau,. Enter
a beautiful lake y ilefcriffon of it. , Enter.■ anotkerfiyei’ ; circum-:,
fances of it. P ofsfever,al cities, &c. Dock-yards fir. building /unit-
: Arrive^ at the ctf\.of Mte-yw- pee-a'W’.g—be ruhjul i ruuti \ t Pur-
. ther a c c o u n t . ^ P ^ . W ^ n d a r i p s P $ }MS k ^dpMgpfa
aye ri bed. , ^
T H E 1 canal- appearednaw' to have affunaed thfipfoptrvbfi'a1 ebrffidSlii
able riveb,*iand Brough tfa&fito' a very forge* city, wh&£' we cSfh#t#ah
anchor'at vfix-©’oWk in the morning, having palled a forties-the en-f
trance^Jayswhich the. fle&fhadtbeenTaluted.*
; When'! I mention the fituatiori andt^rpumftaincesi''bfHhis’'city, ip
wo«ld be •neejitefs.to d^feribe it„as a place oft great trade, xxrfpeak of
the^inco^si^ble number' qfijunkS svhich were, mo'ofed. at'i£s)i|uaj*s "and
wharfs,, it -will' hpipffipient to fay, that it isvwadhe'dshyrlargesicaixaJsy
and that, on theJbuth fide ©flit, there is An extenfive~bay 'wHlfeh Gom-
munitates-.wiih the Yellow river, Mg give -fome notion of.<its 'comrrier-
cial character.
Here the-i.flee# remained a.t,;anchor, about^an ,hour!,-.1 .-when-.-it
unmoored, and ‘ftf^n entered .the;. bay; with an alarming* rapidity,
through <a. forgo lodk, qgnlh&dfcqd ^ith rufties, ©uriaufly matted toge--,
ther, and feGured with ,lqg,s wood. [,
This bay is of great extent, and would contain the proudeft fleets
■ of Europe,. while its fhores offer an , amphitheatre of landfcape.
' "C'd I | beauty.
November.
Saturday a?.