Twee Scheeps-togten van Kapiteyn Johan Smith, beyde gedaan na Nieuw-Engeland. De eerste in het jaar 1614....

1614.

Mines of iron and steel.

the opinion that these stones would be very suitable for burning lime from. Inland one finds good iron and steel ore.

Stone rocks.

With great wonder, we viewed the sandy banks, high stone rocks, and cliffs, and what is to be wondered at are the very beautiful gardens and cornfields, also the lands, well-inhabited by healthy and strong people. Timber is also found here in abundance, which the land produces by itself. Air. The air here is very moderate, for out of 25 men there were only two sick, who had already begun to languish some years before, because we had been poorly provided with beds and food; for everyone of us had to admit that this was a very healthy and fertile place.

Fertile soil.

The soil seems to me to be so fertile here that I believe it is without any doubt suitable to produce all kinds of corn, fruits, and seeds that one might come to sow or plant here. It is true that it could happen that just not every fruit could reach its full ripeness, since the summer here is not as hot, and the winter a bit colder, than ours in England. I have tried it myself, and in the month of May Occurrence thereof. on the top of a rocky island, situated many miles from the water's edge, I made a small garden and threw some seed into the ground that succeeded so well that in the months of June and July we could eat a nice salad. Thus one could raise several kinds of livestock on these islands, or peninsulas, which would become wealthy enough here. The author's design. I also saw enough chance to obtain corn in abundance from the Wild indigenous people for meager trifles and trinkets, with which I would be able to feed at least 300 men. Also, 40 men would be well able to bring these Wilds, let them be as fierce as they want, into obedience to