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light, sandy soil. The nearer one comes to the capital, 

 the freeer of woods is the landsscape, and there are 

 more people and more farms. Wheat and oats had 

 been everywhere got in. Here also the corn was no- 

 where so good or so advanced as about New York. 

 The cattle which met us on the road were not of a sort 

 particularly fine. Between Bristol and Frankfort, and 

 elsewhere, churches stood by the road either quite iso- 

 lated or placed in a shady grove. The construction of 

 these was peculiar, invariably more height than length. 

 The design may have been to build on at some time and 

 bring the whole into proportion. The whole way from 

 New York to Philadelphia not a foot-passenger met 

 us. Few passengers met us at all, but in every case 

 riding or driving. To go a-foot is an abomination to 

 the American, no matter how poor or friendless ; and 

 at times he hits upon a means he steals a nag from 

 the pasture or borrows one without asking. 



In New York there had been an opinion that the 

 Americans, as a result of the war, were suffering for 

 lack of clothes and other necessities ; on the contrary, 

 we found on the road that everybody was well and 

 neatly clad, and observed other signs of good living 

 and plenty. On the 26th of July, in the evening, we 

 arrived at the pleasant city of Philadelphia. 



Philadelphia. Who in the fatherland has not heard 

 of Philadelphia? And to whom should not this pre- 

 eminent city of America be known ? It is not indeed a 

 city such as it can and ought to be, but none the less 

 it is a remarkable place in more respects than one. 

 William Penn, sufficiently known in history, founded 

 the city in 1682, and in the space of 100 years it has 

 grown to a notable size. The houses today are 2400 



