IN NEW-ENGLAND AND NEW-YORK: // BY TIMOTHY DWIGHT, S. T. D. LL. D. LATE PRESIDENT OF YALE COLLEGE; AUTHOR OF THEOLOGY EXPLAINED AND DEFENDED. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. I. NEW-HAVEN: PUBLISHED BY TIMOTHY DWIGHT. S. CONVERSE, PRINTER. 1821. US10928.21 ARD LS DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT, ss. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty-ninth day of September, in the forty-sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America, TIMOTHY DWIGHT, and WILLIAM T. DWIGHT, both of said District, Administrators of the Rev. Timothy Dwight, now deceased, and late of the said District, have deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof they claim as Administrators as aforesaid, and proprietors, in the words following, to wit: "Travels; in New-England and New-York:-By Timothy Dwight, S T. D. LL. D. late President of Yale College; Author of Theology explained and defended: In four volumes." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." CHA'S. A. INGERSOLL, Clerk of the District of Connecticut. A true copy of Record, examined and sealed by me, Clerk of the District of Connecticut: CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.. Page. Soil-Mineralogy-Forest Trees-Native and Cultivated Fruits- Climate and Seasons-North-West Winds-Opinions relative to the Causes of these Winds examined-Facts proving that the Climate has not become milder-Successive Periods of Cold and Climate of New-England continued-Account of the most remark- Frequent changes of Temperature-Pleasant months-Seasons- Healthfulness of New-England-Longevity of the Inhabitants-\ Principal Diseases-Epidemics-Tables, shewing the compara- tive healthfulness of New-England, and some of the Southern States-Observations respecting the Longevity of the Inhabit- |