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all a dream, and that he was still in a Boroughmonger 

 country. Almost always the same tunes and dances, 

 same manners, same dress. Ah, it is that same dress 

 which is the great evil ! It may be a very pretty sight, 

 but, to see the dollars thus danced out of the country 

 into the hands of the Boroughmongers, to the tune of 

 national airs, is a thing which, if it do not warrant ridi- 

 cule, will, if America do not, by one unanimous voice, 

 soon put a stop to it 



560. July 30t/i. — From Stubenville, crossing the 

 Ohio for the last time, and travelling through a slip 

 of Virginia and a handsome part of Pennsylvania, to 

 Pittsburgh. 



561. August 1st. — Sold ray horse for 75 dollars, 

 60 dollars less than I gave for him. A horse changes 

 masters no where so often as in this Western country, 

 and no where so olten rises and falls in value. Met 

 a Mr. Gibbs, a native of Scotland, and an old neigh- 

 bour of mine, having superintended some oil of A^triol 

 works near to my bleach-works on Great Lever, near 

 Bolton, in Lancashire. He now makes oil of vitriol, 

 aquafortis, salt, soap, &c. at this place, and is, I be- 

 lieve, getting rich. Spent a pleasant evening with him. 



562. August 2nd. — Spent most part of the day 

 •with Mr. Gibbs, and dined with him ; as the feast was 

 his, I recommended him to observe the latter part of 

 the good Quaker Lady's sermon which we heard at 

 New Albany. 



563. August 3rd. — Leave Pittsburgh, not without 

 some regret at bidding adieu to so much activity and 

 smoke, for I expect not to see it elsewhere. I like to 

 contemplate the operation by which the greatest effect 

 is produced in a country. Take the same route and 

 the same stage as on setting out from Philadelphia. 



564. August 4th, ^th, and Gth. — These three days 

 traversing the romantic iVllegany Mountains ; got over- 

 turned (a common accident here) only once, and then 

 received very little damage : myself none, some of my 

 fellow travellers a few scratches. We scrambled out, 

 and, with the help of some wagoners, set the vehicle 

 on its wheels again, adjusted our " plunder" (as some 

 of the Western people call it), and drove on again 



