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 RELATION 
 
 MARYLAND. 
 
 1634. 
 
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 EARLY SOUTHERN TRACTS . 
 No. I. 
 
The " Relation of the Successful Beginnings of the 
 Lord Baltemore's Plantation in Maryland," which we 
 now publijh, is printed from a tranjcript of the excejjlvely rare 
 work, printed in 1634, and found in the Britijh Mujeum. It 
 was unquejlionably the firjl publication, ijjued in London, de- 
 Jcribing the new Province of Maryland; — the y?r/? province 
 pojjejjed by the Britijh Empire. The pamphlet now given was 
 perhaps prepared by Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, from the 
 letters of his brothers Leonard and George Calvert, who went out 
 with the expedition. Indeed, it is probable that it is in the exa^ 
 language of the adventurers themjelves, and Jo, contains their frejh 
 imprejjions of the land and people during the firjl two months of 
 their rejidence in America. They came into the Chejapeake on 
 the 3d of March, and the document is dated " from Saint Afairie's 
 in Mary- land, 27 May, 1634." 
 
 This pamphlet Jerved as the bajls of the more extended colo- 
 nizing programme and dejcription of the Province, called " A 
 Relation of Maryland," jub/cquently publi/hed in London 
 in 1635, and 'lately reprinted here by Mr. Sabin. 
 
 We were Jo charmed by the racy frcjhnejs of the pages now 
 ijfued from the rare original of 1 634, — a printed copy of which 
 we have never J*cen in this country, — that we thought our readers 
 might Jhare the delight with which we perufcd the narrative, and 
 be glad to pojfcfs a copy of the virgin draft of the familiar letters 
 which afterwards grew into a more pretentious, colonizing 
 pamphlet. 
 
 B. M. 
 Baltimore, 16 Aug., 1865. 
 
RELATION 
 
 of 
 The fucceffefull beginnings of the Lord 
 
 Baltemore's Plantation in 
 MJRT-LJJVD ; 
 
 Being an extradl of certalne Letters written from 
 
 thence, by fome of the Aduenturers to their 
 
 friends in England, 
 
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 Anno Domini 1634., (ff u. s.a. 
 
 !V WASH^H&^jy' 
 
 
Edition 150 copies 4T0. 
 
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 Relation of the fuccefsful beginnings of the 
 
 LORD BALTEMORE'S 
 
 Plantation in Mary-land. 
 
 N Friday the 22 of November 
 1633, a fmall gale of winde 
 comming gently from the 
 Northweft, weighed from the 
 CoweSy in the He of Wight, 
 about ten in the morning ; & 
 (hauing flayed by the way twenty dayes at the 
 Barbada'sy and fourteene dayes at S^ Chriftophers, 
 vpon fome neceflary occalions,) wee arrived at 
 Point-Comfort in Virginia, on the 24. of February 
 following, the Lord be praifedfor it. At this time 
 one Captaine Clayboiirne was come from parts 
 where wee intended to plant, to Virginia, and from 
 him wee vnderftood, that all the natiues of thefe 
 parts were in preparation of defence, by reafon of 
 a rumour fome-body had raifed amongft them, of 
 
 fixe 
 
( 6 ) 
 
 fixe fhips that were come with a power of Span- 
 yards, whofe meaning was to driue all the inhabit- 
 ants out of the Countrey. 
 
 Wee had good letters from his Maiefly to the 
 GoLiernour and Councill of Virginia^ which made 
 him fauor vs and (hew vs as noble vfage as the 
 place afforded, with promife, that for their Cattel 
 and Hoggs, Corne and Poultry, our plantation 
 fhould not want the open way to furniih ourfelues 
 from thence : He told vs likewife. That when his 
 Lordfliip Ihould be refolued on a conuenient place 
 to make himfelf a feat, he (hould be able to prouide 
 him with as much Bricke and Tile as he fhould 
 haue occafion to imploy, vntill his Lordfhip had 
 made of his own : Alfo, that he had to furnifh his 
 LordQiip with two or three hundred ftocks ready 
 grafted with Peares, Apples, Plummes, Apricotes, 
 Figgs, and Peaches, and fome Cherries : That he 
 had alfo fome Orange and Limon trees in the 
 grounds which yet thriued; Alfo Filberds, Hazel- 
 nuts and Almonds ; and in one place of the Colony, 
 Quince-trees, wherewith he could furnifli his 
 Lorddiip; and, in fine, that his Lordfliip fhould 
 not want any thing that Colony had. 
 
 On the 3. of March we^ came into Chefapeake 
 
 Bay, 
 
( 7 ) 
 
 Bay, and made fayle to the North of Patoemeck 
 riuer, the Bay running betweene two fweete lands 
 in the channell of 7. 8. and 9 fathome deepe, 10 
 leagues broad, and full of fifli at the time of the 
 yeere ; It is one of the delightfulleft waters I euer 
 faw, except Potoemeck, which wee named S^ 
 Gregories. And now being in our own Countrey, 
 wee began to giue names to places, and called the 
 Southerne Pointe, Cape Saint Gregory; and the 
 Northerly Point, Saint Michaels. 
 
 This riuer, of all I know, is the greateft and 
 fweeteft, much broader than the Thames ; fo plea- 
 fant, as I for my part, was neuer fatisfied in be- 
 holding it. Few marfhes or fwamps, but the 
 greateft part follid good earth, with great Curiofity 
 of woods which are not Choaked vp with vnder- 
 (hrubbes, but fet commonly one from the other in 
 fuch diftance, as a Coach and foure horfes may 
 eafily trauell through them. 
 
 At the firfl: loaming of the (hip vpon the river, 
 wee found (as was foretold vs) all the Countrey in 
 Armes. The King of the Pafchattowayes had 
 drawen together 1500 bowe-men, which wee our- 
 felues faw, the woods were fired in manner of 
 beacons the night after ; and for that our veflell 
 
 was 
 
( 8 ) 
 was the greatell: that euer thofe Indians faw, the 
 fcowtes reported wee came in a Canoa, as bigge 
 as an Ifland, and had as many men as there bee 
 trees in the woods. 
 
 Wee fayled vp the river till wee came to Heron 
 Hands, fo called from the infinite fwarmes of that 
 fowle there. The firft of thofe Hands we called 
 Saint Clement's: The fecond Saint Katharine's ; And 
 the third, Saint Cicilie's. We took land firft in 
 Saint Clement's, which is compafTed about with a 
 {hallow water, and admitts no accefle without 
 wading ; here by the ouerturning of the Shallop, 
 the maids which had been wafhing at the land 
 were almoft drowned, befide the loffe of much 
 linnen, and amongft the reft, I loft the befl of 
 mine which is a very maine lolTe in thefe parts. The 
 ground is couered thicke with pokickeries (which is 
 a wild Wall-nut very hard and thick of fliell ; 
 but the meate (though little) is pafTing fweete,) 
 with black Wall-nuts, and acorns bigger than 
 Ours. It abounds with Vines and Salletts, hearbs 
 and flowers, full of Cedar and SafTafras. It is but 
 400 acres bigg, & therefore too little for vs to 
 fettle vpon. 
 
 Heere we went to a place, where a large tree 
 
 was 
 
( 9 ) 
 
 was made into a CrofTe; and taking it on our 
 fhoulders, wee carried it to the place appointed for 
 it. The Gouernour and Commiffioners putting 
 their hands iirft vnto it, then the reft of the 
 chiefeft aduenturers. At the place prepared wee all 
 kneeled downe, & faid certain Prayers; taking 
 pofTeffion of the Countrey for our Saviour, and 
 for our foueraigne Lord the King of England. 
 
 Here our Gouernour had good aduice giuen 
 him, not to land for good and all, before hee had 
 beene with the Emperour of Pafchattowayy and 
 had declared vnto him the Caufe of our coming : 
 Which was firft to learne them a diuine Dodrine, 
 which would lead their Soules to a place of hap- 
 pinelTe after this life were ended ; And alfo, to en- 
 rich them with fuch Ornaments of a ciuill life 
 wherewith our Countrey doth abound : and this 
 Emperour being fatisfied, none of the inferiour 
 Kings would ftirre. In conformity to this aduice, 
 hee took two Pinnaces, his owne, and another 
 hired in Virginia; and leauing the Ship before 
 Saint Clements at Anchor, went vp the river and 
 landing on the South Side, and finding the Indians 
 fled for feare, came to Potoemack Towne, when 
 the King being a child, Archihau his vncle go- 
 B uerned 
 
( lo ) 
 
 uerned both him and his Countrey for him. Hee 
 gaue all the Company good Well-come : & one of 
 the Company hauing entered into a little difcourfe 
 with him touching the errours of their religion, 
 hee feemed well pleafed therewith ; & at his going 
 away defired him to return vnto him againe, 
 telling him hee fhould Hue at his Table, his men 
 {houldhunt for him, and hee would diuide all with 
 him. 
 
 From hence they went to Pafchattoway. All 
 were heere armed : 500 Bow-men came to the 
 Water-fide. The Emperour himl'elf more fear- 
 lefTe than the reft, came priuately aboard, where he 
 was courteoufly entertained ; and vnderftanding wee 
 came in a peaceable manner, bade vs welcome, 
 and gaue vs leaue to fit downe in what place of his 
 Kingdome wee pleafed. While this King was 
 aboard. All the Indians came to the Water-fide, 
 fearing treafon, wherevpon two of the King's men, 
 that attended him in our fhippe were appointed to 
 row on flioare to quit them of this feare : but they 
 refufing to goe for feare of the popular fury ; the 
 interpretours ftanding on the Deck fhewed the 
 King to them that hee was in fafety, where-with 
 they were fatisfied. In this iourney the Gouer- 
 
 nour 
 
( " ) 
 
 nour entertained Captaine Henry Fleete & his 
 three barkes ; who accepted a proportion in bea- 
 uer trade to ferue vs, being fkillfull in the tongue, 
 & well beloued of the natiues. 
 
 Whileft the Gouernour was abroad the Indians 
 began to lay afide feare, & to come to our Court 
 of guard, which wee kept night and day vpon 
 Saint Clements' He : partly to defend our Barge, 
 which was brought in pieces out of England, & 
 there made vp, and partly to defend the Captaines 
 men, which were imployed in felling of trees, and 
 cleaning pales for the pallizado : and at laft they 
 ventured to come aboard our fhip. It was worth 
 the hearing for thofe who vnderftood them to 
 heare what admiration at our fliip ; Calling it a 
 Canow, and wondering where fo great a tree grew 
 that made it, conceiuing it to bee made of one 
 piece, as their Canows are. Our great Ordnance 
 was a great & fearefull thunder, they had neuer 
 heard any before; all the Countrey trembles at 
 them. 
 
 The Gouernour being returned, wee Came fome 
 nine leagues lower to a riuer on the North Side of 
 that land, as bigg as the Thames : which wee 
 called Saint GregonVs river. It runs vp to the 
 
 North 
 
( 12 ) 
 
 North about 20 miles before it comes to the 
 frefh. This river makes two excellent Bayes, for 
 300 fayle of Shippes of 1000. tunne, to harbour in 
 with great fafety. The one Bay we named Saint 
 Saint George's ; the other (and more inward) Saint 
 Marie's. The King of Yaocomico, dwells on the 
 left-hand or fide thereof: 6c we tooke vp our 
 Seate on the right, one mile within the land. It 
 is as braue a piece of ground to fet down on as 
 moft is in the Countrey, 6c I fuppofe as good, (if 
 not much better) than the primeft parcell of Eng- 
 lifjj ground. 
 
 Our Town we call Saint Marie's ; and to auoid 
 all iuft occafion of offence, 6c collour of wrong, 
 wee bought of the King for Hatchetts, Axes, 
 Howes, and Cloathes, a quantitie of fome 30 miles 
 of Land, which wee call Augiijla Carolina ; And 
 that which made them the more willing to fell it, 
 was the warres they had with the Sa/queJa-/ianoug/js, 
 a mighty bordering nation, who came often into 
 their Countrey, to wafte 6c deftroy ; 6c forced many 
 of them to leaue their Countrey, and palTe ouer 
 Patoemeck to free themfelues from perill before 
 wee came. God no doubt difpofing all this for 
 them, who were to bring his law and light among 
 
 the 
 
( 13 ) 
 
 the Infidells. Yet, feeing wee came foe well pre- 
 pared with armes, their feare was much leffe, & 
 they could be content to dwell by vs : Yet doe they 
 daily relinquifh their houfes, lands, & Corne-fields, 
 & leaue them to vs. Is not this a piece of wonder 
 that a nation, which a few dayes before was in 
 armes with the reft againft vs, fhould yeeld them- 
 felues now vnto vs like lambes, & giue vs their 
 houfes, lands and liuings, for a trifle ? Digitus 
 Dei eji hie: and furely fome great good is entended 
 by God to his Nation. Some few families of In- 
 diansy are permitted to ftay by vs till next yeere, 
 & then the land is free. 
 
 Wee had not beene long time feated there, ere 
 Sir John Haruey, Gouernor of Virginia^ did our 
 Gouernour the honour (in moft friendly manner) 
 to vifit him : & during the time of his being there, 
 the King of Patuxunt alfo came to vifit vs ; and 
 being come aboard the Arke, and brought into 
 the great Cabbin, & feated betweene the two Go- 
 uernors (Captaine Fleete and Mafter Golding the 
 interpreters being prefent) he began his Speech as 
 followeth. 
 
 When I heard that a great Werowance of the 
 Engliih was come to Yoacomoco, / had a great de- 
 
 Jire 
 
( 14 ) 
 
 Jire to fee him. But when I heard the Werowance 
 
 of Pafbie-haye was come thither alfo to iiifit him, I 
 
 prefently Jiart vpj and without further counfell, came 
 
 to fee them both. 
 
 In the time of his flay at Saint Mairie^s, wee 
 kept the Solemnitie of carrying our Colours on 
 fhore : and the King of Patuxunt accompanying 
 vs, was much taken with the Ceremony. But the 
 fame night (hee and Captaine Fleete being at the 
 Indian Houfe) the Arke's great gunnes, to honour 
 the Day, fpake aloude ; which the King of Pa- 
 tuxunt with great admiration hearing, counfelled 
 his friends the Toacomoco Indians to be carefull that 
 they breake not their peace with vs ; & faid : When 
 wee jldoote, our Bow-ftrings giue a twang that's 
 heard but a little way off: But doe you not lieare 
 what cracks their Bow-f rings giue ? Many fuch 
 pretty fayings hee vfed in the time of his being 
 with vs, & at his departure, hee thus expreft his 
 extraordinary affe<5lion vnto vs : 
 
 I doe loue the EngHfh foe welly that if they JJjould 
 kill mCyfo that they left mee with fo much breathy as 
 tofpeake vnto my people y I would commend them not 
 to reuenge my Death. 
 
 As for the Natiues they are proper tall men of 
 
 perfon ; 
 
( 15 ) 
 
 perfon ; fwarthy by nature but much more by Art : 
 painting themfelues with Colours in oyle, Hke a 
 darke Red, which they doe to keep the Gnatts off: 
 wherein I confeffe, there is more eafe than Com- 
 lineffe. 
 
 As for their faces, they haue other Colours at 
 times, as Blew from the nofe vpward, and Red 
 downeward, and fometime contrariwife in great 
 variety, and in very gaftly manner ; fometimes they 
 haue no beards till they come to be very old, and 
 therefore drawe from each fide of their mouthes, 
 lines to their very eares, to reprefent a beard ; & 
 this fometimes of one colour, and fometimes of 
 another. 
 
 They wear their hair generally very long, and it 
 is as black as yett : which they bring vp in a Knott 
 to the left eare, and tye it about with a large ftring 
 of Wampampegge, or Roanoke, or fome other of 
 the beft Jewels among them. Vpon their fore- 
 head, fome vfe to weare a Fifh of Copper, and 
 fome weare other figures. 
 
 About their neckes, they vfe to weare many 
 bugle chaynes, though thefe begin now not to be 
 efleemed among them for truck. Their apparell 
 generally is deere-fkin, and fome Furre, which 
 
 they 
 
( i6 ) 
 
 they weare like loofe mantles : yet vnder this about 
 their middle, all women & men, at man's eftate, 
 weare Perizomata (or round aprons) of fkinnes, 
 which keeps them decently couered, that without 
 any offence to chaft eyes, wee may conuerfe with 
 them. 
 
 All the reft of their bodies are naked, & at times, 
 fome of the youngeft fort both of men & women 
 have iuft nothing to couer them. Their feete are 
 as hard as any home, when they runne ouer prickles 
 & thornes they feele it not. Their Armes is a 
 Bow, with a bunch of Arrowes, of a yard long, 
 furnifht with three feathers at the top ; and pointed 
 either with the point of a deere's home, or a (harp 
 three-cornered white flint; the reft is a fmall cane, 
 or ftraight fticke. They are fo experte at thefe, 
 that I haue once feen one, a good diftance off, 
 ftrike a very fmall bird through the middelle : and 
 they vfed to caft a thing vp from hand, and before 
 it come to the ground to meete it with a (haft. 
 Their bowes are but weake, and carry not leuell very 
 farre ; yet thefe are their liuelyhood, and euery day 
 they are abroad after fquirrells, paretidges, turkies, 
 deere, & the like game ; whereof there is a won- 
 derfull plenty ; though wee dare not yet be fo bold 
 
 ourfelues. 
 
( 17 ) 
 
 ourfelues, as to fetch frefh meate by this meanes, 
 farre off. 
 
 The Indian houfes are all built heere in a long 
 halfe Ouall; nine or tenne foote high to the mi- 
 ddle top, where (as in ancient Temples) the light 
 is admitted by a window, halfe a yarde fquare ; 
 which window is alfo the chimney, which giueth 
 paffage to the fmoake, the fire being made in the 
 middeft of the floore (as in our old halls of England) 
 and about it they vfe to lie. Saue only that their 
 Kings & great men haue their Cabbins, and a bed 
 of fkinnes well dreffed (wherein they are excellent) 
 fet on boards and foure flakes driuen into the 
 ground. And now at this prefent, many of vs 
 live in thefe Witchotts (as they terme them) con- 
 ueniently enough till better bee fett vp : But they 
 are dreffed vp fomething better than when the In- 
 dians had them. 
 
 The naturall witt of this nation is good and 
 quick, and will conciue a thing very readily ; they 
 excell in fmell and taft, & haue far Iharper fight 
 than wee. Their ordinary diet is Poane and 
 Omine, both made of Corne, to which they addc 
 at times, Fifh, Fowle, and Venifon. 
 
 They are of great temperance, efpecially from 
 C Hott- waters 
 
( i8 ) 
 
 Hott-waters or Wine, which they are hardly 
 brought to taft, faue onely whom the Englifi haue 
 corrupted with their owne vices. 
 
 For modeftie, I muft confefle, I neuer faw from 
 Man or Woman, any acftion tending to leuitie; & 
 yet daily the poore foules are heere in our houfes, 
 & take content to bee with vs, bringing fometimes 
 Turkies, fometimes Squirrells as bigge as EngliJJi 
 Rabbetts, but much more dainty ; at other times 
 fine white cakes, Patridges, Oifters ready boil'd 
 and ftewed : and doe runne vnto vs with fmiling 
 countenance when they fee vs, and will fifh and 
 hunt for vs, if wee will ; and all this with enter- 
 courfe of very few words, but wee haue hitherto 
 gathered their meaning by lignes. 
 
 It is lawfull among them to haue more wiues 
 than one : but all keepe the rigour of coniugall 
 faith vnto their Hufbands. The women's very 
 afpe(5t is modeft and graue. 
 
 Generally the nation is fo noble, that you can- 
 not doe them any favour or good turnes but they 
 returne it. There is fmall paffion among them, 
 but they weigh all with a calme and quiet reafon. 
 And to doe this the better, in greate affaires they 
 are ftuddying in a long lilence what is beft to bee 
 
 faid 
 
( 19 ) 
 
 faid or done : And then they anfwer yea or no, in 
 two words: And ftand confhantly to their refolu- 
 tion. 
 
 If thefe people were once Chriflians (as by fome 
 lignes wee have haue reafon to thinke nothing 
 hinders it but want of language) it would bee a 
 right vertuous 6c renowned Nation. 
 
 As for their religion, we haue not language our- 
 felues to find it out; Mafter T^horoughgood, who 
 driues his Lordfhip's trade vpon the riuer Patuxunt, 
 hath related fomewhat. 
 
 Firfl they acknowledge One God of Heaven, 
 which they call (our) God ; and cry, a thoufand 
 fhames vpon thofe Chriftians that fo lightly offend 
 fo good a God. But they giue no externall honour 
 vnto him, but vfe all their might to pleafe an Okee 
 (or frantick fpirit) for feare of harme from him. 
 They adore alfo Wheat and Fire as two gods, very 
 beneficiall vnto man's nature. 
 
 In the Machicomoco, or Temple of Patuxunt, 
 there was fcene by our Traders this Ceremony. 
 Vpon a day appointed all the Townes mett, and a 
 great fire being made ; about it ftood the younger 
 fort, and behinde them againe the elder. Then 
 taking a little deer fuett, they cail it into the fire, 
 
 crying 
 
( 20 ) 
 
 crying Tahoy Taboy and lifting their hands to heauen. 
 After this, was brought before them a great Bagg, 
 filled with a large Tobacco-pipe and Poake, which 
 is the word they vfe for Our Tobacco. This was 
 carried about the fire, the youth following, and 
 finging Taho, Taho, in very good tune of voice, and 
 Comely gefture of body. 
 
 The round ended, one comes reuerently to the 
 Bagg, and opening it, takes out the Pipe, and di- 
 uides the Poake from one to one. As euery one 
 tooke his draught, hee breath'd his fmoake vpon 
 the limbs of his owne body ; as it were to fandiifie 
 them by this ceremony, to the honour & feruice of 
 their God, whomfoeuer they meant. 
 
 This is all I can fay touching their religion: 
 faue onely that they feeme to haue fome know- 
 ledge by tradition, of a flood wherein the world was 
 drowned for finne. 
 
 And now to returne to the place itfelf, chofen 
 for our plantation. Wee haue been vpon it but 
 one month, and therefore can make no large rela- 
 tion of it. Yet thus much I can fay of it allready ; 
 For our own fafety, we haue built a good ftrong 
 Fort or Palizado, & haue mounted vpon it one good 
 piece of Ordnance, and 4 Murderers,, and haue 
 
 feuen 
 
( 21 ) 
 
 feuen pieces of Ordnance more, ready to mount 
 forthwith. For our prouifion, heere is fome ftore 
 of Peafen, and Beanes, and Wheate left on the 
 ground by the Indians y who had fatisfadiion for it. 
 
 Wee haue planted fince wee came, as much 
 Maize (or Indian Wheate) as will fufRce (if God 
 profper it) much more company than we haue. 
 It is vp about knee high aboue ground allready, 
 and wee expedt return of looo. for one, as we haue 
 reafon for our hope, from the experience of the 
 yeelde in other parts of this Countrey, as is very 
 credibly related to vs. 
 
 We haue alfo EnglifJi Peafen, & French-beanes, 
 Gotten, Cringes, Limons, Melocotunes, Apples, 
 Peares, Potatos, and Sugar-Canes of our owne 
 planting, befide Hortage comming vp very finely. 
 
 But fuch is the quantity of Vines and Grapes 
 now allready vpon them (though young) as I dare 
 fay if wee had Veflells and fkill, wee might make 
 many a tonne of Wine, euen from about our Plan- 
 tation ; and fuch Wine, as thofe of Virginia fay (for 
 yet we can fay nothing) as is as good as the Wine 
 of Spaine. I feare they exceede ; but furely very 
 good. For the Clime of this Countrey is neere 
 the fame with Sivill and Corduba : lying betweene 
 38 & 40 degrees of Northerlie latitude. 
 
 Of 
 
( 22 ) 
 
 Of Hoggs we have allready got from Achomack 
 (a plantation in Virginia) to the number of loo, 
 & more: and fome 30 Cowes ; and more wee ex- 
 pert daily, with Goats and Hennes; our Horfes and 
 Sheepe wee muft have out of England^ or forae 
 other place by the way, for we can haue none in 
 Virginia. 
 
 For the Commodities, I will fpeake more when 
 I fee further ; onely wee haue fent ouer a good 
 quantitie of Iron-flone, for a tryall, which, if it 
 proue well, the place is likly to yeeld infinite ftore 
 of it. And for that flaxe and hempe which wee 
 haue fowed, it comes vp, and wee hope will thriue 
 exceedingly well : I end with the foyle, which is 
 excellent, couered with flore of large flrauberries, 
 Rafpices, Vines, SafTafras, Wall-nutts, Acornes, & 
 the like : and this in the wildeft woods too. 
 
 The mould is blacke, a foot deepe, and then 
 comes after a red Earth. All is high wood, but in 
 the Indian fields, which are fome parcells of ground 
 cleared for Corne. It abounds with good Springs, 
 which is our drinke. Of beafis ; I haue feene 
 Deere, Racounes, and Squirrills, befide which there 
 are many others, which I haue not yet feene. Of 
 Birds diurfely feathered there are infinite ; Eagles, 
 
 Bitternes, 
 
( 23 ) 
 
 Bitternes, Herons, Swannes, Geefe, Parteridge, 
 Ducks, red, blew, partie-coloured Birds, and the like. 
 By all which it appeareth, the Countrey aboundeth 
 not onely with profit but with pleafure. And to 
 fay trueth, there wanteth nothing for the perfect- 
 ing of this hopefull plantation ; but greater num- 
 bers of our Country-men to enioy it. 
 
 From Saint MatnVs in 
 
 Mary-land, 27 May 
 
 1634. 
 
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 Printed by Joel Munfell^ Sept.^ iS6^, from a tranfcript of the 
 original work in the Britijh Mufeum, 
 
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