calls Wakefield. There we dined in a room on a
level with the cellar, which I found very pleasant,
the weather being very warm, and the situation
admitting plenty of light. A dining-room so situ-
ated, is a great privilege at this season of the year,
in a climate like this.

After spending a pleasant hour or two here I
came to Philadelphia

, where I found letters from
my wife of as late a date as towards the end of the
5th month. In riding along the street, I passed
by J. G's house, and his wife, a native of Lan-
caster, kindly inviting me to take tea, I spent a
little time with them, and in the evening returned
to my lodgings at Merion.

In recurring to the intimation respecting the
time of my return to England, there are several
circumstances attending it, which I think are
worthy of remembrance, though they are a little
out of the regular course of my narrative. It has
been already mentioned, that it was my inten-
tion to sail in the John Morgan, but that I was
disappointed by the owners making an alteration in
the time for her departure. After this T. W. and
I had concluded to sail for Greenock, in the
Frances, she being a fine, new vessel with good
accommodation; but in this design I was again dis-
appointed, the ship sailing before I could be quite
ready. In her passage she encountered a violent