The town is seated between New England and Virginia,
commodiously for trades, and that is their chief employment
for they plant and sow litle.

From Amsterdam come each year 7. or 8. big ships with
passengers and all sorts of goods, and they lade back beaver
and other skins, dry oxehides, and Virginia tobacco. Tis said
that each year is carried from thence above 20000 sterl. value
in beaver skins only.

The Governor of Manados and New Netherland (so called
by the Hollanders) is called Peter Stazan; ¹ he exerciseth
authority from thence southward (towards Virginia) as far as
Dillow-bay ² being about 40 leagues. The Suedes had planta-
tions in Dillow-bay formerly; but of late years the Hollanders
went there, dismissed the Suedes, seated themselves there, have
trade for beaver, etc. He exercises also authority Eastwards
towards New England unto West Chester, w^ch is about 20
miles and inhabited by English, Also on Long iland inhabitants
as far as Osterbay, ³ (being further eastward on the iland side
than West Chester is on the maine) being about one quarter
part of the iland. The said iland is in length 120 miles east and
west, between 40 and 41 deg. lat., a good land and healthy.
The other part of the said iland Eastward from Osterbay is
under the authority of New England Colonies, as it stretches
itself on their coast. The Christian inhabitants are most of
them English.

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