in this country, generally speaking, would, when
plentifully manured, yield much greater crops than
can commonly be obtained in England; chiefly
owing to their summer, or season of vegetation
continuing a greater length of time than with us.
In the evening I arrived at Philadelphia

This being the first day of
the week, I attended meeting; and, in the after-
noon was at the burial of S. E. who had been a
friend and customer of mine some years. The uncer-
tainty of life, and the fluctuating state of things in
the world, were seldom more fully exemplified than
in the case of this young man. Few men have pur-
sued business with more reputation and success
than he had done; so that, in a few years, he had
honourably acquired a very large property; and,
only a very few weeks before, was united to an ami-
able young woman, to whom he had for some time
been sincerely attached. At this moment, when
everything on earth seemed to smile around him,
and there was every prospect of many years of
happiness, a blight was brought over all, in an
unexpected and awful way. He was suddenly
deprived of reason, and, after a few weeks con-
finement, departed this life, leaving a mournful,
although instructive lesson of the mutability of all
earthly enjoyments. Having received an invitation
from my countryman T. S. I supped and spent the
evening at his house.