dairy; and the other vaults are made use of to
preserve roots, &c. for the cattle, such as beets,
carrots, turnips, potatoes, pumpkins, &c. As the
carriage-road into the barn runs over the vaults,
as high as the topmost floor of the barn, the vaults
are preserved cool in the summer, and free from
the frost in winter. The whole of the ground
floor of the barn being set apart for stables and
cow-houses as is commonly the case with barns
in Pennsylvania, there is accommodation for a
great number of horses and cows. Along the
front of the barn, about 8 feet from the ground, a
wooden stage projects about six feet from the
wall, inclosed overhead six or seven feet high, and
also at the ends and side, forming a gallery the
length of the building; having several communi-
cations or doorways out of the barn into it. In
the floor of this gallery are several trap doors,
through which they throw fodder for the cattle into
the yard during the winter months. It is obvious
that an appendage of this sort must be very useful
in a farm-yard, as it also affords a comfortable
shelter to the cattle from rain and snow.

In the afternoon M. R. accompanied me to my
cousin W. B.'s, and, in our way, we passed over
the ground occupied by the American Army under
General Washington

, as an entrenched camp,
during the war. The remains of the entrench-
ments are still visible, although the scite is again