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ton, on the Delaware* The road led through a hilly country, 
but carefully turnpiked, several pits being filled up to make 
the road even. This road is formed somewhat according to the 
manner of German turnpikes, of small beaten stones, with side- 
roads and ditches. The neighbourhood is mostly woody, con¬ 
sisting of chesnuts and oaks. The forest has been regularly clear¬ 
ed of undergrowth, and has a cleanly appearance. In places where 
wood has been felled, the land is well cultivated with corn and 
fruit trees. Most of the good-looking houses we passed were 
provided with cider-presses. About four o’clock, P. M. we ar¬ 
rived at Trenton, and immediately embarked in the steam-boat 
Philadelphia. 
I was very sorry for this great hurry, because I should have liked 
to have examined Trenton; it is a very handsome place, and was 
to me particularly interesting, on account of General Washington’s 
crossing the Delaware above Trenton, in the winter of 1776-77, 
and attacking a troop of Hessians, of whom he took one thousand 
four hundred prisoners. The Hessian Colonel Rail fell in this 
engagement. This was one of the best fought battles of the Ame¬ 
rican war. There is, moreover, at Trenton, a remarkable bridge 
crossing the Delaware. It consists of five great suspended wooden 
arches which rest upon two stone abutments, and three stone 
piers. The difference between this bridge and others consists in 
this, that in common bridges the road runs over the tangent, 
but in this bridge, the roads form the segment of the arch. 
The bridge is divided in two roads in order that wagons may pass 
without meeting, and has also side-walks for foot-passengers. 
The banks of the Delaware are hilly, well cultivated, and co¬ 
vered with elegant country-seats and villages. The neighbour¬ 
hood, and the breadth of the river reminded me of the river 
Main, near Frankfort; unfortunately we could not enjoy this 
handsome landscape, because as soon as we arrived on board, we 
set down to dinner, and afterwards it became dark. Amongst 
other little towns, we passed Bordentown, where Count Sur- 
villiers, Joseph Buonaparte, ex-king of Spain, has a very hand¬ 
some country-seat, and Burlington. About eight o’clock, P. M. 
we reached Philadelphia. Mr. Tromp, who left New York a few 
days before, came immediately on board, and conducted us to the 
Mansion House, where, though we were not so elegantly lodged 
as at New York, we found every thing neat and comfortable. 
Next morning we drove out early, in order to get acquainted 
with the city, which contains more than one hundred and twenty 
thousand inhabitants, and to observe some curiosities. We went 
up Market street over the Schuylkill. In the middle of this 
broad Market street or High street, the first objects we perceived 
were the market-houses; the long, straight, uniform streets, which 
