CHAP. I.] CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. 71 



1818. 



Feb. 25. Went to Bustleton with my old 

 friend, Mr. John Morgan. 



26. Returned to Philadelphia. Roads 

 very flirty and heavy. 



27. Complete thaw ; but it will be long 

 before the frost be out of the ground. 



28. Same weather. Very warm. I hate 

 this weather. Hot upon my back 

 and melting ice under my feet. The 

 people (those who have been lazy) 

 are chopping away with axes the 

 ice, which has grown out of the 

 snows and rains, before their doors, 

 during the winter. The hogs (best 

 of scavengers) are very busy in the 

 streets seeking out the bones and 

 bits of meat, which have been flung 

 out and frozen down amidst water 

 and snow, during the two foregoing 

 months. I mean including the pre 

 sent month. At New York (and, I 

 think, at Philadelphia also) they 

 have corporation laws to prevent 

 hogs from being in the streets. For 

 what reason, I- know not, except 

 putrid meat be pleasant to the smell 

 of the inhabitants. But, Corpora 

 tions are seldom the wisest of law- 



