[Gridrus-developer] Ch were excellent arable land. The shore here

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Filling all the low grounds, and branches of the river, which, being in
form suddenly serpentine, could not give vent so fast as the waters
descended. It was hoped and believed, that this uncommon inundation
would, in the end, prove highly beneficial to the grounds so overflowed,
causing them for a season or more to produce with such abundance as to
recover the loss which the sufferers had sustained. In a few days this
extraordinary collection of water had found its way to the sea, and, the
river regaining its usual level, the settlers set about new cropping
their grounds; for which purpose they made application for seed wheat,
that certainly could not be refused; their other application, for
bedding and clothing, it was not so easy to comply with, from the
poverty of the public stores in these articles. This fertile spot