AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 8/ 



At Dover, the capital of the State, I formed 

 an interesting class, of which the Governor and 

 many distinguished citizens became members. 

 The buildings in Dover are mostly of wood, there 

 being none of stone and but few of brick. 



After leaving Dover I crossed Delaware Bay, 

 and entered the State of New Jersey. This,* 

 also, in its more southern portions, may be de- 

 scribed as a level country, but the lands there 

 are clothed with dense forests of pine, where 

 human habitations are rarely met, and even the 

 sound of the woodman's axe is seldom heard. 

 These " pine barrens " are in places destitute of 

 traveled roads, and the one journeying through 

 them sees his course marked out by " blazed " 

 trees. I wended my way along until I reached 

 the city of Trenton, the capital of the State, 

 where I formed a class. Thence I passed to the 

 city of Rahway, then to Elizabeth, and after- 

 wards to the town of Long Branch, forming in- 

 teresting classes at each place. The last-named 

 place is well known as a favorite and much- 

 admired watering-place, being the summer resort 



