28 travels through north America : 
breakfast, dinner, and supper. All the strand 
gets that happen to be in the house sit down 
to these meals promiscuously, and, excepting 
in the large towns, the family of the house also 
forms a part of the company. It is seldom 
that a private parlour or drawing* room can be 
procured at any of the taverns, .even in the 
towns; and it is always with reluctance that 
breakfast or dinner is served up separately to 
any individual. If a single bed-room can be 
procured, more ought not to be looked for ; 
but it is not always that even this is to be had, 
and those who travel through the country must 
often submit to be crammed into rooms where 
there is scarcely sufficient space to walk between 
the beds*. Strangers who remain for any length 
of time in the large towns most usually go to 
private boarding houses, of which great num¬ 
bers are to be met with. It is always a diffi¬ 
cult matter to procure furnished lodgings with¬ 
out paying for board. 
At all the taverns, both in town and country, 
but particularly in the latter, the attendance 
* Having stopped one night at Elkton, on my journey to 
Baltimore in the public carriage, my first enquiries from the 
landlord, on alighting, as there were many passengers in the 
stage, were to know what accommodation his house afforded. 
He seemed much surprized that any enquiries should bemad® 
on such a subject, and yrith much consequence told me, I freed 
not give my self much trouble about the extent of my accommo¬ 
dations, as he had no less than eleven beds in one of his rooms < 
