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New Holland (continued) be called a Hilly, but hardly any where can be call'd a Mountainous Country, for the Hills and Mountains put together take up but a small part of the Surface in comparison to what the Planes and Vallies do ^which intersect or divide these Hills and Mountains: The low land by the Sea ^and even as far in land as we were, is for the most part friable, loose, sandy Soil; yet indefferently fertile and cloathed with woods, long grass, shrubs, Plants &Ca. The Mountains or Hills are Checquered with woods and
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