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tude of the Point from which the North Boundary Line of this
Province is to be extended West They are now gone down to
the Middle Point in order to run up a Tangent with their
Transit Instrument which will I suppose be Employment for
them a great part of the Summer & be attended with a very
considerable Expence for I understand the Line they are run-
ning falls so much westward of the old Visto that they are
obliged to have a new one opened as they proceed. The
powder & Ball which you ordered to be shipt in a Vessel of
Mr Hanburys for the use of the Province hath been landed
here & is lodged in the Publick Magazine: When the
Assembly meets (which I suppose they will hardly do before
the End of October next or perhaps till the Spring) I shall
acquaint them with this new Instance of His Ldp's Benevo-
lence & Regard for the Inhabitants of this Province. Mr
Green our Printer has brought me thirty more Sheets of the
Acts of Assembly (down to 1716) I cannot however transmit
them by this Ship by reason of her lying at so great a Dis-
tance, but shall not fail sending them by Capt Love together
with a Copy of as many more Sheets as may be then printed.
I am very much obliged to you for the Present of English
Hares & Dogs you were so kind as to send me by Capt Love
who I dare say took all possible Care of them but unluckily
all the Hares except a Leash died at Sea & one of them also
the Day after they were brought hither being quite covered
with Scabs or Meazles so that I am much afraid the surviving
Brace which I have turned out at my Farm are likewise
infected with the same Disorder & may not multiply. Inclosed
you will find two Pamphlets lately published at Philaa where
Parties it seems still run very high but as it is not likely that
any more Applications will be made to the Assembly for Sup-
plies the Disputes between themselves must soon subside &
all Discontent & Murmuring run in one Channel against the
Acts of Parliament lately made which will most sensibly affect
the Trade of these Colonies especially of those which lye to
the northward of us, where I am told the Gentlemen are
already entering into Associations to encourage Manufactures
among themselves & indeed by what I can find the Alarm &
Apprehensions of those Acts is so great throughout North
America that people every where talk of making Cloathing
for their Families & will probably observe a more strict
Oconomy than they have hitherto done. It gives me great
satisfaction to hear that His Ldp was well when he last wrote
to you, as I presume he will not arrive in England before Capt
Love returns thither I defer writing to His Ldp till that Oppor-
tunity when as I have already said I shall not fail writing again
to yourself & in the mean time I am &c.
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