Pennsylvania 



great republicans, and have fallen into the same 

 errors in their ideas of independency as most of the 

 other colonies have. They are by far the most 

 enterprising people upon the continent. As they 

 consist of several nations, and talk several languages, 

 they are aliens in some respect to Great Britain: nor 

 can it be expected that they should have the same 

 filial attachment to her which her own immediate 

 offspring have. However, they are quiet, and con- 

 cern themselves but little, except about getting 

 money. The women are exceedingly handsome and 

 polite; they are naturally sprightly and fond of 

 pleasure; and, upon the whole, are much more agree- 

 able and accomplished than the men. Since their 

 intercourse with the English officers, they are greatly 

 improved; and, without flattery, many of them 

 would not make bad figures even in the first assem- 

 blies in Europe. Their amusements are chiefly, 

 dancing in the winter; and, in the summer, forming 

 parties of pleasure upon the Schuylkill, and in the 

 country. There is a society of sixteen ladies, and as 

 many gentlemen, called the fishing company, who 

 meet once a fortnight upon the Schuylkill. They 

 have a very pleasant room erected in a romantic 

 situation upon the banks of that river, where they 

 generally dine and drink tea. There are several 

 pretty walks about it, and some wild and rugged 

 rocks, which, together with the water and fine groves 

 that adorn the banks, form a most beautiful and 



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