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by Benjamin West, presented by him to General Koscittszko, 
finally, several portraits of Mr. Jefferson, among which the best 
was that in profile by Stuart. In the saloon there were two 
busts, one of Napoleon as first consul, and another of the Empe¬ 
ror Alexander. Mr. Jefferson admired Napoleon’s military ta¬ 
lents, but did not love him. After breakfast, which we took 
with the family, we bid the respectable old man farewell, and set 
out upon our return on foot to Chariotteville. 
Mr. Jefferson tendered us the use of his carriage, but I de¬ 
clined, as I preferred walking in a fine and cool morning. In 
the afternoon we left Chariotteville, in a tolerably good stage, in 
order to go to Richmond, the chief town of Virginia, distant 
eighty miles. A student was our travelling companion, and so 
we had plenty of room. But the stage went only ten miles to a 
small tavern situated in a wood, and kept by Mrs. Boyd. We 
passed by not far from Monticello, crossed the Rivanna at a rather 
deep ford, and remained for some miles on its left bank. The 
banks were high and rocky in some places. The road was, for 
the greatest part, through a wood, hilly and rough; in some places 
it was what they call causeway. 
On the 28th of November we set out at half past two o’clock 
in the morning, by moonlight and very cold weather, and went 
seventy miles to Richmond. The stage was better, and the road 
was also better than formerly. Notwithstanding that the country 
continued hilly, a considerable portion of the road was causeway, 
for the greatest part of logs, and the country uninteresting. When 
we approached James river, along the banks of which we went 
for some miles, the country grew finer, and had it been more set¬ 
tled I would have compared it with that on the Elbe, above Dres¬ 
den. The ground was in the beginning loamy, then sandy. We, 
changed horses at isolated taverns. Gordonsville and Goochland 
were the only villages through which we passed, and in these 
villages too the houses were very scattered, and almost all of them 
of wood. We rode on the left bank of James river, and passed 
by a navigable canal, which is said to extend in land about eighty 
miles above Richmond, and appeared to have been constructed 
with great care; the wooden bridges were neatly constructed and 
solid; an aqueduct of two arches, which conducted the canal 
over a brook having high banks, was well built. ' About eight 
o’clock in the evening we reached Richmond, a town of about 
seventeen thousand inhabitants of both colours. To judge by 
the houses, Richmond must be a wealthy place. We took our 
lodgings in the Union Hotel, a large and well-furnished inn. I 
felt really happy at finding myself once again in a considerable 
place, as I was almost unaccustomed to such a sight. 
We could not depart on the 29th of November, as no steam- 
