Travels Through North America 



small clumps of evergreens, such as myrtles, cedars, 

 pines, and various other sorts. Upon the whole, not 

 Tempe itself could have displayed greater beauty or 

 a more delightful scene. 



At Colonel Washington's I disposed of my horses, 

 and, having borrowed his curricle and servant, I took 

 leave of Mount Vernon the nth of June. 



I crossed over the Potomac into Maryland at 

 Clifton's ferry, where the river is something more than 

 a mile broad; and proceeded on my journey to Marl- 

 borough, eighteen miles. I here met with a strolling 

 company of players, under the direction of one 

 Douglas. I went to see their theatre, which was a 

 neat, convenient tobacco-house, well fitted up for 

 the purpose.* From hence in the afternoon I pro- 

 ceeded to Queen Anne, nine miles; and in the evening 

 nine miles farther, over the Patuxent to London- 

 town ferry; I staid here all night, and early in the 

 morning ferrying over South river, three quarters of 

 a mile in breadth, I arrived at Annapolis, four 

 miles distant, about nine in the morning. 



Annapolis is the capital of Maryland; it is a small, 

 neat town, consisting of about a hundred and fifty 



"apices being lodged in ten little hollow cells, which being promi- 

 nent on the outside, appear as so many little tubercles. — As all 

 "plants have their peculiar beauties, it is difficult to assign to any 

 "one an elegance excelling all others; yet considering the curious 

 "structure of the flower, and beautiful appearance of this whole 

 "plant, I know of no shrub that has a better claim to it." Catesby, 

 Vol. II. p. 98. See Appendix, No. 1. 

 * See Note VIII. 



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