LIFE OF WILSON. 



found now that I had got a very, devil before my chair; the 

 least sound of the whip made him spring half a rod at a leap; 

 no road, however long or heavy, could tame him. Two or 

 three times he had nearly broke my neck, and chair to boot; 

 and at Georgetown ferry he threw one of the boatmen into the 

 river. But he is an excellent traveller, and for that one quali- 

 ty I forgave him all his sins, only keeping a close rein, and a 



sharp look out. 



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" I should now give you some account of Charleston, with 

 the streets of which I am as well acquainted as I was with 

 those of New York and Boston; but I reserve that till we meet. 

 I shall only say, that the streets cross each other at right an- 

 gles are paved on the sides have a low bed of sand in the 

 middle; and frequently are in a state fit to compare to those of 

 Norfolk. The town, however, is neat has a gay appearance 

 is full of shops; and has a market place which far surpasses 

 those of Philadelphia for cleanliness, and is an honour to the 

 city. Many of the buildings have two, three, and four ranges 

 of piazzas, one above another, with a great deal of gingerbread 

 work about them. The streets are crowded with negroes; and 

 their quarrels often afford amusement to the passengers. In a 

 street called Broad street, I every day see a crowd of wretch- 

 edly clad blacks, huddled in a corner for sale: people handling 

 them as they do black cattle. Here are female chimney 

 sweeps; stalls with roasted sweet potatoes for sale; and on the 

 wharves clubs of blacks, male and female, sitting round fires, 

 amid heaps of oyster-shells, cooking their victuals these seem 

 the happiest mortals on earth. The finest groups for a comic 

 painter might every day be found here that any country can 

 produce. 



" The ladies of Charleston are dressed with taste; but their 

 pale and languid countenances by no means correspond with 

 their figures. * * * 



" To-morrow afternoon I shall set off for Savannah. I have 



