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158 way of fortification: it has alo river on the wet, and the ea on the eat; and to the northward a canal is cut from the river to the ea, which erves for as meat on that ide The treets of the black-town are wide; and trees planted in ome of them; and having the ea on one ide and a river on the other, there are few towns o pleaantly ituated or better upplied; but except ome few brick houes, the ret are cottages built with clay and thatched. The houes of the better ort of Indians, are of the ame materials and built uuall in one form, with a little, quare in the middle, from whence they receive all their light. A tranger eldom comes farther; than the door, before which is erected