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keep off a particularly unpleasant, anxious feeling, 

 which is excited irresistibly by the continuing shadow 

 and the confined outlook. One breathes freer and 

 everything seems to take on a brighter, more glad- 

 some look, so soon as the eye feels the limits of the 

 view extended, although really this bald prospect any- 

 where else would have precisely a contrary effect. 



Carlisle. This pretty little town is the chief place 

 of Cumberland county, and very nearly midway be- 

 tween the South and North Mountain, here about 10- 

 12 miles apart. Carlisle is 17 miles from the Susque-- 

 hannah and 120 from Philadelphia, whence by this 

 place is the customary road to the Ohio, as well 

 as from and to the outlying regions of the southern 

 provinces. The town is therefore well situated for the 

 inland trade, and drives a considerable trade of that 

 sort ; formerly it had also the greatest part of the trade 

 with the Indians, who brought hither and exchanged 

 their furs. This traffic came to a stand during the 

 war, and it is not yet known whether in future the 

 Indians will consent to come back to this place. The 

 consuming hate which the citizens of the new states 

 have for them and will not at once cast off, makes it 

 probable that in the future the Indians will seek mar- 

 kets for the exchange of their furs either to the north 

 along the Canadian lakes and the river Lawrence or 

 to the west on the Mississippi, and they will find 

 plenty of encouragement to do so. But even with the 

 loss of this traffic, Carlisle has still a great deal of 

 trade, because all the people living in the mountains 

 fetch hence what they need. It is already noticeable 

 in the place that trade is carried on there, which has 

 an influence on the manners of the inhabitants. The 



