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