Chapter VI.
Philadelphia, &c.--Trenton--New-York--Burlington--
Philadelphia--Newcastle--Baltimore--Washington--
Richmond--Alexandria--Contrast between Pennsylva-
nia and the States cultivated by Slaves.

I remained at Philadelphia

, or in its vicinity,
for some weeks after the yearly meeting; and
the 13th of 5th Month, 1805, was spent at
my relation's W. B. Our time passed on
very agreeably in traversing his plantation, or
farm, on the Banks of the Schuylkill and
Perkioming. The more I see of it, the more I
am convinced that it is one of the most beautiful
and healthful situations I have known, either in
America or in England. The ground rising till it
becomes elevated high above the banks of the
rivers, commands a prospect as delightful as can
well be conceived. A view of some of our No-
blemen Parks, on the more extensive scale, may
give a faint idea of the prospect here seen; for
even with such it is comparing small things with
great ones or putting art in comparison with
nature. As far as the eye can command, one wide
spreading Forest is seen, interspersed with planta-