I have seen in several parts of the Country large quantities of the Larix tree from whence Venice Turpentine is made, about Albany, & as I am inform'd, 4 great way up the Eastern Branch of Hudson's River, the Land.is generally cover'd with Pines of several sorts. The Mohawk's Country or that part of this Province lying on both sides the Western Branch of Hudson's River, is generally cover'd with Beech, Maple & Elm.

The settlements extend in Lenth, from the Ocean northward,

along Hudson's River and the eastern branch of it, Extent of the Se- .t4 about 40 miles to the Northward of Albany, &

fvestward along the western Branch, to about four score miles west northwest from Albany, so that the settled & improved part of New York extends about 200 miles in Jenth. But there are few settlements any where to the Northward or Westward of Albany at any distance from the Branches of Hud- 'son's River.

In the Mohawks Chantry; the Level of the Land seems to be

at the greatest heigth above the sea: for in that

The timber.

medi part of the Country, at about 50 miles west north mountains above' west from Albany, & 12 miles westfrom the Mohawks River, some Branches of the largest Rivers

-in North America, & iol run contrary courses, take their rise

within 2 or 3 miles of each other, viz 1st a Branch of Hudson's

river, which falls into the sea'near New-York, after having run about 250 miles,