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was removed from the swamp. For the sake of contrast, they 
have put the skeleton of an elephant next the mastodon. Under 
its foot is the skeleton of a mouse.. 
The academy of fine arts is a collection of paintings and statues. 
The best works which we saw belong to Count Survilliers. 
Among these was the count’s own portrait, robed as king' of 
Spain, the portrait of his lady, and his two daughters, while yet 
children, all painted by Gerard of Paris. Thhre were four busts, 
one of Madame Mere, the queen of Naples, Madame Murat, the 
princess Borghese, and the empress Marie Louise; and last of 
all a statue, representing the infant king of Rome, all by Canova. 
Amongst other paintings I observed several from the Flemish 
school, very few Italian, but some very fine pieces by Granet, 
which represented the interior of an Italian cloister. Two large 
paintings, one representing the children of Niobe by Rehberg, 
and the other the raising from the dead by touching the bones of 
the prophet Elisha, by the. American painter Allston; both have 
merit, but I was neither pleased with the colouring nor execu¬ 
tion. The statues are mostly casts, copies of the most famous 
antiquities. I observed, however, amongst them, the Venus of 
Canova. 
In wandering through the streets I was struck with a building 
having a dome similar to the Roman pantheon ; it was a Baptist 
chapel. I accordingly entered; the interior arrangement was 
very simple, and offered nothing remarkable. In the midst of 
the chapel is the baptismal font for baptising grown persons; it 
is a marble bath, something in the manner of the bath in the 
palace of Weimar. While speaking on this subject, I will notice 
the various sects that have churches in this city. 1st, Catholics; 
2d, Protestant Episcopal; 3d, Presbyterian; 4th, Scotch Presby¬ 
terian; 5th, Covenanters, or Reformed Presbyterians; 6th, Bap¬ 
tist; 7th, the Methodist;' most of the coloured people belong to 
the latter sect; 8th, the Friends or Quakers; 9th, the Free 
Quakers; 10th, German Lutheran; 11th, German Reformed; 
12th, Dutch Reformed; 13th, Universalists; 14th, Sweden- 
borgians; 15th, Moravians, or United Brethren; 16th, Swedish 
Lutheran; 17th, Mount Zion; 18th, Menonists; 19th, Bible 
Christians; 20th, Mariners Church; 21st, Unitarians; and 22d, 
Israelites; and all these sects live peaceably in the vicinity of 
each other. 
A merchant, Mr. Halbach, to whom I was introduced, took a 
walk with me to two gardens adjoining the city. One of these 
belongs to a rich merchant, Mr. Pratt, and is situated upon a 
rocky peninsula, formed by the Schuylkill, immediately above 
the water-works. The soil consists mostly of quartz and clay. 
The owner seldom comes there, and this is easy to be perceived, 
