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MEMOIR OF 
the public crier, or the clerk of the market, for I could 
frequently perceive gentlemen point me out to others, as 
I passed with my book under my arm.” 
“ On reaching Hartford, I waited on Mr G. a member 
of Congress, who recommended me to several others, 
particularly a Mr W. a gentleman of taste and fortune, 
who was extremely obliging. The publisher of a news- 
paper here expressed the highest admiration of the work, 
and has since paid many handsome compliments to it in 
his publication, as three other editors did in New York. 
This is a species of currency that will neither purchase 
plates, nor pay the printer ; but, nevertheless, it is grati- 
fying to the vanity of an author, — when nothing better 
can be got.” 
“ I travelled on through New Hampshire, stopping at 
every place where I was likely to do any business ; and 
went as far east as Portland, in Maine, where I staid three 
days ; and, the supreme court being then sitting, I had an 
opportunity of seeing and conversing with people from 
the remotest boundaries of the United States in this 
quarter, and received much interesting information from 
them with regard to the birds that frequent these northern 
regions. From Portland, I directed my course across the 
country, among dreary, savageglens, and mountains covered 
with pines and hemlocks, amid whose black and half 
burnt trunks the everlasting rocks and stones, that cover 
this country, 4 grinned horribly.’ One hundred and fifty- 
seven miles brought meto Dartmouth College, New Hamp- 
shire, on the Vermont line. Here I paid my addresses 
to the reverend fathers of literature, and met with a kind 
and obliging reception; Dr Wheelock, the President, 
made me eat at his table, and the professors vied with 
each other to oblige me. 
“ I expect to be in Albany in five days ; and, if the 
legislature be sitting, I shall be detained perhaps three 
days there. In eight days more, I hope to be in Phila- 
