APPEARANCE OF COUNTRY. 109 



luable land, they do not always afford to tra- 

 vellers a favourable view of the country; and al- 

 though in the present case another line passes 

 through a district which is highly cultivated, I 

 learnt this too late for my purpose. 



I had often been told that the finest coun- 

 try in all the States is that which widely sur- 

 rounds Philadelphia, and my belief of this was 

 now agreeably confirmed, for certainly nothing 

 could exceed in richness or be imagined finer 

 than the country we traversed the remaining 

 part of our way from Baltimore. The land is 

 of exceeding fertility, almost entirely in mea- 

 dow of beautiful verdure, laid out in fields of 

 about 100 acres, here neatly enclosed with 

 post and rail, there with luxuriant hedges, 

 while numerous elegant mansions, smart vil- 

 las, and fine trees plentifully scattered as in 

 the great English parks, complete the picture. 

 Such was the country through which we pas- 

 sed for thirty miles, up to the city of Phila- 

 delphia. 



The stock grazing here was in point of con- 

 dition of a superior kind, and included many 



