124 Some Account, &c. 



" Do Justice, love Mercy, and Walk Humbly be- 

 fore God." 



He never coveted old age, and often observed to 

 his children and friends, that he sincerely desired, 

 that he might not live longer than he could afford 

 assistance to himself: for he was unwilling to be a 

 burthen to his friends, or useless in society ; and that 

 when death came to perform his office, there might 

 not be much delay. His wishes, in these respects, 

 were gratified in a remarkable manner : for although 

 he lived to be about eighty years of age*, yet he was 

 cheerful and active to almost the last hours. His ill- 

 ness was very short. About half an hour before he 

 expired, he seemed, though but for a few moments, 

 to be in considerable agony, and pronounced these 

 words, " I want to die." 



N. B. A Supplement to this sketch, containing 

 some account of Mr. Bartram's writings, and an es- 

 timate of his services as a discoverer and collector of 

 natural objects, will be printed in a subsequent num- 

 ber of this Journal. 



* He was born about the year 1700, and died in the year 1778. 

 Editor. 



