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u». Cburches »re Built »nd there is an Annual Stipend allow’d to everyMinister by a Perpetual Law, which* is more or leß according to the Nutn-ber of Taxablesin each Parijh, every Christian Male z 6 Years Old, and Ne-groes Male and Female above that Age pay 4.0 Pound of Tobacco to thcMinister , which is Levied by the Sheriff among other Publick Levies;which makesthe Revenues of the Ministers, one with another, about20000 Pound of Tobacco, or Om hundred P ound Sterling ftr Annam. Ithath been the Unhappinesi of this Country that they have had no Prote-stant Ministers hardly among them till Govcrnour Nicholson s time (whohas been a great Promoter and Encourager of the Clergy ) but now andthen an Jtinerant Preacber of very Loose Morals, and Scandalous Bthavi-vur; so that what wich such Mens 111 Examples, the Roman Priests Cun-ning, and thc Quäkers Bigotry, Religion was in a mannet turn'd out ofDoors. But, God be Praiscd, things now stand bettet, and our Cbweh-es are Crowded as füll as they can hold , and the People are prettysensible of the Roman Superstition, and the Quäkers Madneß ; lo thattheir Parties both Joyn’d together are very lnconsiderable to what ours is.Indeed the Quäkers Struggle hard to maintain their Footing, and theirTeachers (especially the Female Sex, who are the most Zealous) are veryfree of their Taunts andContumelies against us, but’tis to little Purpole,unless to make their own way more Ridiculous and Odious.

We have not yet found the way of Aflöciating our selves in Trumsand Corporation by reason of the fewnese of Handicrafts Men. Thereare indeed several Places allotted for Trums : but hitherto they areonly Titulor ones, except Annapolu where the Govemottr Resides. Go-▼ernour Nicholson has done his endeavour to make a Tovm of that: thereare in it about 40 Dwelling Houses, 7 or 8 whereof can astord goodLodging and Accomnaodations for Strangers. There is also a State-häufe,and a Free-Scbool built with Brich, which make a Great Shew among aparcel of Wooden Houses, and thc Foundation of a Cbttrcb Laid, the onlyBrich Cbureb in Maryland. They have two Market Days in the Week ;and had Govemour Ntcholfin continuM there Tome Years longer, he hadbrought it to some Pertection.

As for our Predcceffors, the Indians, I cannot give you at prtsent anySurther Account of them than th«, t/ns. That whereas at thc First Seatingof Marstand there were several Nations of Indians in the Country, Go-vern’d'by several Petty Rings: now I donotthink that there are yoo Ftght-ing Menoi them in the Province; and those are most on the Eafiern Sbore,where they have 2 or 3 Little Towns. Some of them come over toour Sidein Winter-time to huntfot Deer, being generally employ’d by the EngLfli ;they take Delightin nothingelse : and it is rare that any of them willEtn-brace our way of Ltvtng or Worffip. The Caufe of their Dimintjhing pro-ceeded rtot from any Wars with the Englijh ; for we have had none withthem : but from their own perpetual Discoixfs, and Wars among Themsclves.The Female Sex also have Swept away a great many; so that now they areDwindled ahnest to nothing. One thing is Observable in them, rho' they

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