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their Kitchen furniture, Corn &;c upon, the fire is built on the ground in the Middle of the House, this part between the births not being floored; there is a large hole left in the Top of the Roof for the Smoke to go out at, which hole makes a pretty good Window. -– As far as I have observed the above descrip- -tion answers for most of their Houses, tho they are not so large, nor double, like this, they are mostly from 12 to 15 feet Square, with a shed before the door, there are perhaps 30 such houses in this Village and a number more down the River out of Sight, and some above, the Houses are beautifully situated on the West side of the River, which is about 150 Yards wide and glides along by the town with a gentle current. the bank of the River is low, tho gra- -dually asscends to there Houses, which are mostly within 6 or 7 pearchs so that they readily supply themselves with Water