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the houfhold. Tt was to me an original 
piSture {+t in its faireft light, and pleafant 
to contemplate after having been fo long 
habituated to artificial: and vain diftinc- 
tions in Europe. 
’ with the beft, and plenty of it, quite in 
the plain Englifh manner. ‘The cloth be- 
ing removed, and the fervants haying re, - 
tired, Madeira and other foreign winés 
were introduced, and foberly quaffed un- 
til the cool af the evening. We then 
walked over the farm, and vilited the high 
rocky banks of the Brandywife, which 
- we found thick-fhaded with noble timber. 
We ‘loitered along the margin of this 
winding ftream, whole pellucid waters 
rippling among the fcattered fragments 
of the fallen rocks, reflected like a mirror 
the fleeting clouds ‘and waving pines to 
the admiring fpectator. It was truly the 
moft romantic fpot that I had yet feen in 
America; and io very unlike the country 
contiguous to the fea-coalt, that fancy led 
me to doubt whether the magic fpeil of 
fome fylvan deity had not fuddenly tranf- 
ported ime info the fequeftered wilds of 
Savoy, or Switzerland, or Cintra in Por- 
tugal, countries where, in my youth, I 
had the happinefs to dwell. 
Under the umbrageous canopy adorning 
thefe romantic heights, we tarried awhile 
to inhale the welcome land-breeze, which 
is fo reviving after the fervour of the 
noontide fun. We reclined ourfelves upon 
a mofs-covered rock, which projected its 
rugged front over the dafhing current be- 
low. Unobferved, we liftened to the 
cooings of the dove; the capricious me- 
lody of the mock-bird; and the mingled 
choir of unknown warblers, pouring 
forth their evening-fone. The faint ruft- 
ling of the weiterly wind playing among ft 
the tall firs, enhanced the charms of this 
woodland concert; whue ct tunes tt was 
interrupted, not unpleafantly, by the fhrill 
and fingular notes of the cat-bird, the 
cries of the woodpecker, and the fhrieks 
of the ow). It occurred tome, that this 
identical .fpot might formerly have been, 
and at no very remote period, the fecret 
haunt of prowling favages, or beafts of 
prey; but now happily changed into the 
fafe retreat of focial and enlightened 
friends. Having admired the fineft points 
of view, and examined the different fhrubs 
and flowers, plants and treés, growing 
wild among the rocks, we resurned flowly 
homewards. It was time; for the flitting 
bat and drowty beetie, with the. fhriek- 
owl, fiimmoned us away. The deep-low- 
MonTHLY Mac. Wo. xxxv. 
Tourin North America. 
The table was graced 
‘market. 
105° 
ing ‘herd and tinkling heifer’s bell were 
alio heard echomn¢ 
g trom within the hol- 
Jow vale, flow-pacing on their return to 
fold. Jn defcending the pine-clad hills 
we could not refrain from cafting an ad- 
miring lock towards the glowing weft, 
where the rays\or departing day beauti- 
fully ftreaked the hemifphere with purple 
hoes and golden tints of firange fantae@e 
forms. Like the ideal profpecis of fond 
delufive hope, they quickly vanifhed from 
the gaze, and leit us to explore in dark- 
neis the weary herdfman’s track. The 
immenfe horizon was now completely 
overfhadowed with the heavy mantle of 
night. ‘Her flarry hoft twinkling over-. 
head, enabled us, however, not long after 
funtet, (ately to reyain the peacetul man fion 
of Pennfoury-farm. Inthe cheerful hall we 
afterwards partook of a repaft of fillabub, 
curds, and cream, with other viands of a 
more folid kind, prepared by our hefpi- 
table friends. On rifing in the morning, 
I was furprifed by the appearance of a 
thick fos, which, however, was foon 
difpelled by the increafing warmth of the 
fun. “Thefe mifts, I was told, are not 
uufrequent after alternate changes of heat. 
and rain, but are not hurtful either to 
health or vegetation. = 
At brexktaft we again perceived: the 
ftrong and difegreeable favour of garlic 
in the milk and frefh bu.ter; occationed 
by the abundance of a wild fort of that 
herb growing naturally in the p2ftures, 
notwithitanding every precaution taken to 
eradicate it.— The cows ate fond of it, 
and to this uvfavoury quality is attri- 
buted the lofs on the fale of much of the 
butter brought to the Philadelphian 
In the courfe of our morning’s 
walk we revifited the delightful berders 
of the Brandywine, and liftened among 
its woods and rocks to the melodious 
ftrains of the fongiters, concealed within 
their recefies. Happy warblers! for the 
benevclence of our friend would not per- 
mit them to, be wantonly deftroyed, or 
even difturbed in his neighbourhood. The 
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murderous and cowardly fport{man, who 
brutifhly makes the deftruction of the 
moft innocent portion of animated nature 
his amufement, rault have fought there 
for a more humane employment. This 
expanfive charity, which extended itfelf to 
all around, readily explained. why thofe 
fequeftered groves abounded more with 
the feathered fpecies than the country 
which we ha¢ hitherto traverfed. 
; (Le Ge continued. ) 
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