Penfyhania, Germanto-ycn. \%y 



leave holes on the outfide of the wall. But 

 in order to fill up thefe holes, the little 

 pieces of ftone which cannot be made ufe 

 of are pounded, mixed with mortar, and 

 put into the holes; the places thus filled 

 up, are afterwards fmoothed, and when 

 they are dry, they are hardly diftinguim- 

 able from the reft at fome diftance. At 

 laft they draw on the outfide of the wall, 

 ftrokes of mortar, which crofs each ether 

 perpendicularly, lb that it looks as If the 

 wall coniifted wholly of equal, fquare 

 ftones, and as if the white itrokes were the 

 places where thev were joined with mortar. 

 The infide of the wall is made fmooth, co- 

 vered with mortar and white warned. It 

 has not been obferved that this kind of 

 ftone attracts the moifture in a rainy or wet 

 feafon. In Philadelphia 2nd its environs, 

 vcu find feveral houies built of this kind of 

 ftcne. 



The houfes here are commonly built in 

 the E .-'. h manner. 



On: of Mr. Co:~.\ negroes (hewed me 

 the fkin of a badger (Urfus MelesJ which 

 he had killed a few days ago, and which 

 convinced me that the American badger is 

 the fame with the Swedijb one. It was here 

 called Ground Hog. 



Towards night I returned to Philadel- 

 phia. October 



