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there being no springs on the flat where the Town stands, which flat is a Sandy loam, easily tilled , and if well managed would be very productive. there are 50 or 60 Acres of Land adjoining the Town nearly cleared, the most of this which is put in Yearly with Corn, Beans, and Potatoes. the Work is all done by the Women with Hoes, they were very busy while we were here, much of the Land was grown up with Grass, with Weeds &;c, they go round the Old Cornhills, which were very high, as I have observed it is the general practice to have a hill when finished near one foot high, and hoe the grass and weeds clean away, then dig a hole where the hill stood and plant in the same place, and sometime after the Corn comes up, the hoe all the face of the ground over, so that it looked very neat. they plant beans with their Corn, also a large quantity that they stick poles for, they also plant Squashes and Pumpkins among their corn - The Women since we came here worked hard, they found all their Corn, for homi- -ny, and for Bread, sift and prepare it, Cut and Split all their Wood, and Carry it home on their backs near a Quarter of