THE AMERICAN-SCANDIN AVIAN REVIEW 
353 
Aug. SI, 1748. On board the "Mary Gaily.” 
“The day before yesterday one of the pigs on board became dizzy 
for some unknown reason, and began to run around, describe circles, 
and carry on generally. When we tried to quiet it, it remonstrated 
and started a kind of rotary motion. The captain had one of its ears 
and its tail cut off, whereupon it recovered and became as well as 
before.” 
Sept. 15, 1748. In Philadelphia. 
“I realized that I had arrived in a new land, for almost every- 
where I cast my eyes I saw plants that I did not know, and some species 
that I had never seen before. Whenever I saw a tree I had to stop 
and ask my companions its name. I worried about my pending diffi¬ 
culties of learning so many new and unknown things. The first two 
da\ s I just walked around and stared at the vegetation without ventur¬ 
ing a closer acquaintance. 
Letters of introduction are both useful and necessary for anv 
one travelling in a foreign country. One becomes not only acquainted 
thereby, but gains the love and confidence of the new friends. How can 
one put any special tiust in a person that one has never seen or heard 
°f? At my departure from London I received recommendatory cre¬ 
dentials from Mr. Alb. Spalding, Mr. Peter Collinson, Dr. Mitchell 
and others to acquaintances here. Therefore I had no difficulty what¬ 
ever in moving about among strangers with considerable rapidity. 
ML Benjamin Franklin, to whom Pennsylvania owes its gratitude for 
substantial aid and welfare, and to whom the whole world is indebted 
for so many new discoveries in electricity, was the first one who made 
me known. He gave me all necessary information and showed me 
manifold favors.” 
Sept. 16,1748. In Philadelphia. 
“With respect to food there is a great plenty of the Lord’s boun¬ 
ties, and they are obtained quite cheaply. The country can hardly 
offer an example of really hard times. 
“Any one who will but recognize a god as the Creator, Sustainer 
and Ruler of all things, and who does not teach or undertake anv 
measures against the Government and the general peace of the com¬ 
munity, has the freedom here to build, settle, and carry on his legiti¬ 
mate business, no matter how absurd his religion may be in other 
particulars. Nobody will be disturbed on grounds of religious heresv 
so long as he does not sin against the above-mentioned stipulation. 
Each and every one is so protected, both as to himself and his property, 
and enjoys such freedom, that in certain ways it may be said an 
American colonist is like a king in his own palace. In fact it would 
be difficult, so far as liberty is concerned, to find a citizen anywhere 
either enjoying or obtaining greater advantage.” 
