DISPUTATIONS. 
power of rhetoric which they possessed. 
Neither party could say any thing' to change 
the sentiments of the other one; the noisy con- 
test lasted till late at night, when getting 
heartily tired they withdrew, not to their re¬ 
spective chambers, but to the general one that 
held five or six beds, and in which they laid 
down in pairs. Here the conversation was 
again revived,, and pursued with as much noise 
as below, till at last sleep closed their eyes, and 
happily their mouths at the same time; for 
could they have talked in their sleep/ I verily 
believe they would have prated on until morn¬ 
ing. Thanks to our stars! my friend and 
I got the only two-bedded room in the house 
to ourselves. The next morning I left the 
banks of the Susquehannah ; and the succeed¬ 
ing day reached Philadelphia. 
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