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Show TRAVELS T H R 0 U G 1-i N 0 R T I-I AM E R I C A : tilled, nor can the inhabitant fupport thcmfclvcs, till they are ren1oved; they 3re looked upon as a nni[ance, and the n1an that can cut down the largefl: number, and have the fields about his houfe n1ofi: clear of them, is looked upon as the mo!l induflrious citizen, and the one that is making the greatcll improveme nts~;; jn the country. Every t n or twelve miles upon this road there :uc taverns, which :ue all built of wood, and much in the fame Cl:ilc, with a porch in front the entire length of the houfc. F(w cf thdc t a\tlll~ l1avc anilgn ~ , and they arc only to be difl:ingui[hcd from the other hou[cs by the nutnbcr of hand bills paficd up on the walls ncar the door. They take their name, no t fro1n the fign, but from the pcrfon who keeps them, as Jones's, Brown's, &c. &c. All of them r~rc kept nearly in the.; f<tme manncr. At each houfe there arc regular hours for brc,tkfa(l, dinner, an<.l {upper, and if a traveller arrives /omewl1at before the time appointed for any one of thclc, it is in vain to cJll for a fcparate meal for himfclf; he mufi wait t""~:lticntly t ill the appointed hour, and then lit down with the other gudls that may happ~n to be in the houfc. l3rca!...f.!l1s arc generally plentifully lcrvcd; there is tea, coffee, anu difft;rCnt forts of bread, cold fttlt meat, and, very comn1only bc!ldcs, beef !leaks, fried fi0 1, &c. &,ct. The charge tnade for breakfafl: is nearly the J~unc as that 1or dinner, This part of 1\1arybnd abounds with iron ore, whilh is of a quality particularly '\vcll ad ~ptcd for catting. The ore is foun fin hanh5 fo ncar the furfacc of the earth that there is never oc a{wn to fitJI· a fluft to get at it. Ncar Charldlon there is a linall foundct y for c:"'nnon. The c.1nnon are bor~d by WJler. As I pa(J~ d by, they were mal in~ twentyfour ~oundcrs, two of whi('h I WJ.S ill•Ormcd they fi nifhui every vvcck. The Iron JS extremely tvqgb ; very few of the guns budl on h<.:ii g proved. ~ [ have it('anl of Ame1 ica.n~ landinr; on b:trn'n pans of t l.t: no1 th wt 11 cu dl of J rclanJ, aild t \ inc:1'g the g-rca .cr• furprife and pi a.:·urc at the hca.nty and unproved Jl.ue of the country, •• fo •· Ll!-' .1r of trcc•s ! ! " t Tl e landlady aiW.I) s rrdtlcs at the hcild of th'" table ro make the tea, or :1 fr m:llr ( ' r' .1nt att od~ tor that purpt It at L " .. l.t:Jfl ilnd in rhe cvt ning; and at m.tny t;t •• ·rn ·in the CO'llltry thf whole of the f tmily fit down to d1nn<·1 with the gueJl~. • 'fhe R A L 1~ I M 0 R E. 'Titc Su f, jtu: hantnh river is n ofl(.·d, on the w3y to Dalt imorc, at a [ .. :rry f1vc miles above its entrance into the Chcf1pe:1l . The river is here .1bout a mile and qq~rtcr wick, and deep cnou6h for :1ny vcnCis; th~ b:1.n k s arc high and thick] y wooded, and the fcencry is gr.tnd an(l pic1un.:f{pic. A fma 11 town called llavre de Grace, which contain<; about forty houfcs, i1a11d~ on this river at the ferry. 1\ petition was prcfcllttd to con~~rcfs the lafl: ycar to have it xnacJc a po1 t of entry·; but at prd<.:nt tlwre is very little trade c\rricd on there. A f~w {hips arc annua] ly built in tl1c neighbourhood. From hence to Baltimore the country is extre1ncly poor,; the foil is of a ycl!ow gravel n1ixed wi h day, and the roads C\"ecrahlt:. B.tltimorc is (uppofcd to contain about Iixtccn thouf111d inhabit1nts. and though not the..: C•lpital of tl1l' ibtc, is the largdt town in M.1ryland, and the nwll confidcr.tble pLlcc of trade in North America, after Philacldphia anct New York. 1'he pbn of the town is f01ncwhat Ii1nilar to that of Philaclelphia, n1ofl: of the flrccts cro(ling each other at rioht b a 1g1es. rrhc majn flrcct, which rnn.s eafl: and wd} nearly, is about eighty fcc t wide j the others arc from forty to Jixty feet. The firccts are not all paved} fi> that when it rains heavily they arc rcnu""red almofl impafiable, the.; foil being a fiifF yc11ow cby, which retains the water a long tin1c. On the fcmth fide of the town is a harbour con1n1only called the Bafon, which afFords about nine fcct wat--r, and is large enough to contain two thouland fail of merchant vcOl:ls. There are wlurfs and ilores alono· it b , the whole length of the town; but as a particular wind is necc1hry to enable {hips to get out of this bafon, by far the greater number of thofe which enter the port of Baltimore flop at a harbour which is formed by a neck of land ncar the n1outh of the bafon, called Fell's Point. II ere alfo wharfs have been built, alonglidc whjch vcfii.;]s of fix hundred tons burtbcn can lie V\ith pe1fctl f1icty. Nlllnbcrs of pcrfons have been induced to fettle on this Point, in order to be contiguous to the {hipp;ng. Upwards of f~vcn hundred houfes have already been built th.:rc, and regular firec.:ts laid out, with a ltrgc market place. Theft; houfcs, generally [peaking, arc confidered as a part of Baltitnore, but to aH appc:arancc they fonn a feparatc town, being up\vards of a 1nile difiant fron1 th~ E other |
