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very handsome country houses and gardens, the former generally 
two stories high, ahd surrounded with covered colonnades. At one 
of these we paid a visit to the owner, Mr. Rufus Amory. A walk, 
shaded by oak, elm, and maple trees, leads to the dwelling on a 
slight elevation, which commands an extended and beautiful view 
of Boston and the bay. We were received by the friendly owner in 
an extremely obliging and hospitable manner. We rode through a 
romantic part of the country to Dorchester, to visit General Sum¬ 
ner at his country seat, but did not find him at home. We then re¬ 
turned by another handsome road to Boston, and passed a large 
rope manufactory, the works of which were moved by steam. 
At another excursion to Dorchester, in company with some 
young men, sons of the richest inhabitants of the place, a game 
of ten-pins was played. It is called ten-pins, because that num¬ 
ber of pins is here used in the game. * 
Finally, I cannot omit to mention one visit, which, in company 
with Mr. Ritchie, I made to Mr. Coolidge, jr. Mr. Coolidge 
had, three months ago, married a Miss Randolph, a granddaugh¬ 
ter of Thomas Jefferson. His wife, about thirty years old, was 
brought up by her grandfather in the country in his library. She 
is said to be so learned that Jefferson often asked her advice. 
She had arrived a few days previous, and made known that she 
would receive visiters, and we therefore found the chamber filled 
with people. Every one at his departure took with him a piece 
of wedding cake. The young ladies, as it is said, place this cake 
under their pillows, and then dream of their future lovers. 
CHAPTER V. 
Journey from Boston to Albany, by way of Worcester and 
Northampton—Sojourn there , from the 8th to the \^th of 
August , 1825. 
ACCOMPANIED by Mr. Tromp, who had become endeared 
to me by his knowledge, his modest, honourable, and amiable 
deportment, I left Boston on the 9th of August, for Worcester, 
distant forty miles. The mail-coach, like the diligence stage, 
consists of a long calash with three benches, each capable of con¬ 
taining three persons. The top is fixed, though the curtains can 
be rolled up, so that a person may enjoy the fresh air and the 
[* Most probably to evade a law against u mnfe-pms.”]-—’T raits. 
