f^LIMATEj SEASONS, &.G. Part I. 



upon four hundred hills, ploughed be- 

 tween, and the ground vines fed off' by 

 sheep ! This is a very curious and in- 

 teresting matter. 

 Feb. 8. A real frost. 



9. Sharper. They say that the Thermo- 

 meter is down to 10 degrees below nought. 

 10. A little milder ; but very cold indeed. — 

 The River completely frozen over, and 

 sleighs and foot-passengers crossing in all 

 directions. 

 i 1. Went back again to Harrisburgh. Mild 

 frost. 



1 2. Not being able to bear the idea of dancing 

 attendance^ came to Lancaster, in order 

 to see more of this pretty town. Avery 

 tine Tavern (Slaymaker's); room to my- 

 self; excellent accommodations. Warm 

 fires. Good and clean beds. Civil but 

 not servile, landlord. The eating still ii 

 more over-done than at Harrisburgh. — f 

 Never saw such profusion. I have made 



a bargain with the landlord : he is to give 

 me a dish of chocolate a day, instead of 

 dinner. — Frost, but mild. 



13. Rain. — A real rain, but rather cold. 



14. A complete day of rain. 



15. A hard frost ; much about like a hard 

 frost in the naked parts of Wiltshire.-— 

 Mr. HuLME joined me on his way to Phi- 

 ladelphia from the city of Washington. 



1 6. A hard frost. — Lancaster is a very pretty 

 place. No^ne buildings ; but no mea7i 

 ones. Nothing splendid and nothing beg- 

 garly. The people of this town seem to 

 have had. the prayer of Hagar granted 

 them : " Give me, O Lord, neither jooz^er- 

 ty nor richest Here are none of those 

 poor, wretched habitations, which sicken 



