78 CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. [PART I. 



1818. 



March 10. " before their BoroughmongerLand- 

 " lords !" At Mr. TOWNSHEND'S I 

 saw a man, in his service, lately from 

 YORKSHIRE, but an Irishman by 

 birth. He wished to have an oppor 

 tunity to see me. He had read 

 many of my " little books." I shook 

 him by the hand, told him he had 

 now got a good house over his head 

 and a kind employer, and advised 

 him not to move for one year, and to 

 save his wages during that year. 

 11. Same open weather. I am now 

 at Trenton, in New Jersey, waiting 

 for something to carry me on to 

 wards New York. Yesterday, Mr. 

 TOWNSHEND sent me on, under an 

 escort of Quakers, to Mr. ANTHONY 

 TAYLOR'S. He was formerly a mer 

 chant in Philadelphia, and now lives 

 in his very pretty country-house on 

 a very beautiful farm. He has some 

 as fine and fat oxen as we generally 

 see at Smithfield market in London. 

 I think they will weigh sixty score 

 each. Fine farm yard. Everything 

 belonging to ihefarm good, but, what 

 a neglectful gardener ! Saw some 

 white thorns here (brought from Eng- 



