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cr, a quaker, a very useful and intelligent 

 man ; and he introduced me to a Mr. William 

 West, who i& famous for the improvements 

 he has made on grass, particularly timothy. 

 He feeds large quantities of cattle ; and 

 appears to have great judgment on the sub- 

 ject. Mr. Warder had some of the best 

 Chinese pigs I ever saw ; the most beauti- 

 ful that can be imagined : from my being 

 so pleased with them, he has sent some 

 over into this country, to a Mr. Barber's, 

 somewhere near Derby. 



After staying in Philadelphia some days, 

 I got letters of introduction to different 

 gentlemen in New-York ; particularly the 

 Livingstones, who are very distinguished 

 characters, one of them being chancellor. 

 They made me an offer of an estate, form- 

 erly Lord Starling's ; but the weather 

 being very severe, and I now almost weary 

 of looking at lands in which I found none 

 that I liked, I declined their kindness. I 

 met with Mr. William King^ brother to 

 Mr* Rufus King, the American consul in 



