I wrote and forwarded several letters to my rela-
tives in England. Although the atmosphere on
the continent is in general very clear; yet I could
not avoid noticing, that, in this part of America,
it was still clearer than in in any place I had before
seen. The stars seemed to glitter with a brilliancy
exceeding any thing I had already been witness
to. So great was their lustre, that, waking about
midnight, and observing a considerable degree of
light shining into the chamber, at first, I thought
it might be from the moon; but, on recollection,
I knew this could not be the case, and looking
out at the window, I found the light proceeded
from several brilliant stars, which shone with such
brightness as to cause the shadow of any inter-
vening object, much in the same manner as the
moon. The inn I slept at, is kept by an English-
man of the name of Gadsley, and is conducted in
a manner much superior to most inns in this coun-
try, or many in England. Every thing was pre-
served neat and clean, with good beds, and not
more than one or two in a chamber.

Note.--James Pemberton

, a friend mentioned in page 36,
is since deceased; and an interesting account is given of him
in the 10th part of Piety Promoted, by J. G. Bevan.