128 PHILADELPHIA. 



tory of nations was, in its forest state, taken 

 possession of by Europeans not by the force 

 of war, but by peaceful negociation and agree- 

 ment with its indigenous occupiers ; it now 

 appears one of the fairest portions of the earth, 

 rich in everything that pertains to civilized life, 

 and for nothing more remarkable than this 

 great and beautiful city, in its many benevo- 

 lent institutions proclaiming the philanthropy 

 of its founder William Penn, and in its neat- 

 ness, order, and decorum, owning the influ- 

 ence of that excellent Society of which he was 

 a distinguished member, 



In leaving Philadelphia, I should be defi- 

 cient in gratitude were I not to acknowledge 

 that to the kind friends I found there, and par- 

 ticularly to T. P. Cope and his family, I feel 

 myself under obligations for their attentions, 

 which never can be erased from my remem- 

 brance. 



