Women here do no husbandry work hardly, but just go from one house to another. Oxen answers better than horses to log and plough wild land, but as soon as it is improved they use horses. They have here very fine horses, excellent cattle, and sheep a common fleece is from 4 to 5 lbs. Farmers when they get their land cleared live easily, and fare sumptuously every day. Four or 6 acres is but a common orchard.
Tobacco is raised here in plenty, and sugar from the maple tree.
Barrels of apples, peaches, and grapes, preserved, are in every house for winter stock. A man can earn thrice as much here per day, and provisions are thrice as cheap as in the Isle of Man. We have not paid one cent for re. As for such as have plenty of the good things of this world, I say stop at home. I know if we were in the Isle of Man we would all come to this plentiful country again.