shops, and select such things as they are in want
of; and make payment in the produce of their
plantations; such as grain, flour, cotton, tobacco,
dried venison, the skins of wild animals, &c. &c.
The shopkeeper having disposed of his goods in
this way, returns home with the produce he has
collected, and again renews his stock, and pro-
ceeds on another voyage. The young woman re-
marked, that four or five of these floating shops
have passed by her father's house, in the course of
a day.

She likewise informed us, such was the primitive
simplicity in which they lived, that it was a very
unusual thing to have locks on their doors; and
that when more strangers called upon them, than
they had beds to accommodate them with, it was
customary for the family to spread temporary
beds upon the floor, on which they passed the
night, leaving their own to the strangers. Yet,
notwithstanding the homely fare of some of the
back settlers, luxury is making rapid strides amongst
them; so that many of the most costly manufactures
of Europe and Asia, begin to find a ready sale in
some of their infant towns and cities; and several
extensive manufactories are already established at
Pittsburgh and in the neighbourhood; where
coals are cheaper and more plentiful than in Eng-
land. In some places the mountain side presents
a front of coal, as our rocks of stone in England.