It is near this river that a gold mine is reported to have been found. It is about fifty years since the Hollanders came to these parts. The first comers found lands fit for use, formerly cleared by the savages who previously had fields here. Those who came later have cleared in the woods, which are mostly of oak. The soil is good.
Deer hunting is abundant in the fall.
The climate is very mild. I reached there in October, and found even then a considerable quantity of peaches. Ascending the river to the 43d degree you find the second Dutch settlement, which the flux and reflux reaches but does not pass. Ships of a hundred and a hundred and twenty tons can ascend to it. This has been reserved and is maintained by the West Indis Company.