122 Auglljl 1749. 



tificlal fortifications, high towers and pil- 

 lars, and fuch Hke, atijong them, which 

 the old world can flievi-, from the mofl 

 antient times. Their dwelling-places are 

 wretched huts of bark, expofed on all 

 fides to wind, and rain. All their ma- 

 fonry-work confifts in placing a few grey 

 rock-ftones on the ground, round their 

 fire-place, to prevent the firebrands from 

 fpreading too far in their hut, or rather to 

 mark out the fpace intended for the fire- 

 place in it. Travellers do not enjoy a tenth 

 part of the pleafure in traverfing thefe 

 countries, which they mufl receive on their 

 journies through our old countries, where 

 they, almofc every day, meet with fome 

 veftige or other of antiquity: now an an^ 

 tient celebrated town prefents itfelf to view; 

 here the remains of an old caflle; there a 

 field where, many centuries ago, the moft 

 powerful, and the moft fliiiful generals, 

 and the greateft kings, fought, a bloody 

 battle ; now the native fpot and refidence 

 of fome great or learned man. In fuch 

 places the mind is delighted in various ways, 

 and reprefents all paft occurrences in living 

 colours to itfslf. We can enjoy none of 

 thefe pleafures in America. The hiftory of 

 the country can be traced no further, than 

 from the arrival of the Europeans ; for eve- 



