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Show 14· TRAVELS TliROUGH NORTII AMERICA: the AnH.:ri can5 in the towns certainly make an inordinate ull:; b~t in the cnuntry, where the people have not an opportunity of ~cttin_g itrch th irH!S, the men, but nvxc generally the won1en, alfo loll: thctr teeth very prcnutu rcly. 1\Iofi probably it is owir1g to the very gcncr .. ll utc tbcy make of f:d tul provil~on s. [n the country p.1rts of America in p.1rticular, the pcopk live upon Clltccl pork and faltcd fith ' nearly the whole year round. lt is only within a few years part, fince 1779, that any public amufemcnts have hcen fuil"crcd in this city; the old corporation, which cot - fl f1e i tnof1ly of the ~akers, and not of the moll: libcr .. 1l minded people in the city, having alwayt. oppoCcd the cilablinunent of any place fo r the purv:.>(e. Now, however, there arc two theatres ~111d an amphithc.ltn..:. Little or no u (<..: is made of the olcl theatre, which is of wood, and a very indiUcrcnt building. The new one is built of brick, ancl neatly fitted up within; but it i~ hardly large enough for the town. .1\ {hocking cufiom obtains hu·c, of fmoking tobacco in the houfc, which at times is carricd to fuch an <..:xcds, that thofe to whom it is difagrecal>lc arc under the nccdlity of go.irog away. To the people in the pit, wine and porter is brought between the aCls, prcc.ifdy as if they were in a tavern. Th' aB.ors arc procured, with a very few exceptions, fi-otn Great Britain and Ireland; none of thctn arc very eminent performers, but they arc equal to what arc nfually met with in the cotrntt y towns of England. The amphjtheatrc is built of wood; cq ue{h ian and other c.x.crc ifes arc performed there, fitnilar to thofc at A fllcy's. Dancing ailctnblic~ arc held reguLtrly every fortnight through tht; winter, and occ.1iiona1ly there arc public concerts. D uring Cirmmct, the people that can tnakc it convenient retire to country houfl:s in the neighbourhood of the town, and all public and pri.vate amu Cements ccafe; winter is the flafon for them, the Congre!s hemg tht:n aD<..:mblcd, and tmck not being fo c1ofcly attended to, as the navi ~:ttion of the river is then commonly impeded by ice. The pr fidcnt finds it nccd1ary, in general, to come to Philadelphia picraratory to the meeting of congrcf~, and rcfides there durino- the whok of the icmon. Once in the week, during his fiay in the ci~y, he 3 has · P Il I L A D E L P I 1 I A. IS has levees, between the hours ol three and four in th c afternoon. At thefc he alway'S appears himfclf in a court dre r~ , and it iq v<pcch.·d th,tt the foreign mindler~ fhould always attend iu the (;uuc ttylc; this they conftantly do, excepting the French 1ninificr, \'vLo m.tk e ~, a point of going in difhahil1c, not to f;ty worfe of it. Otlv.:r pcrfons arc at liberty to go as they think proper. M rs. WaD1ington, a]J (), has a drawing room once every week. On this occafion the ladit s are fcatcd in g n::at fonn roun l thl apartment, and tea, cofr. ·c, &c. fe rv ~d *. Philadelphia js the grand rcfidcncc of the (~~1 kc rs in Amct ic,t, but their number docs not bear the f1mc proporcio .1 now to th1t of the otJ,er citizens which it did formerly. Ar prc(cnt they form about one fourth enly of the inhabit:1nts. This clocs not ari!c frotn any diminution of tlJe num bcr of Olrakcrs, on the con tr~u y they h::t ve con Ildcrably incrcafcd, but from the gre:lt influx jnto the city of pcrlc)!lc; of a different pcrfuaiion. Belonging to th<..: (~1akcrs therc a1t.: ftve places for public wor fl1ip; to th~ Prdbyt<..:ri.ms and Scccd rs fix; to the Engli01 Epifcop. dians three; to German Lutherans two; to the Roma11 CJthulics four; and one refj1cetively to the Swcdin1 Lutherans, Moravians, Baptill:sJ Univcrfal Baptill:s, Mt:thodifls: and Jews. On a Sund.ty every citjzen appears well drdlcd; the lower Jaf1cs of the people in particular arc r<..:markably well clothed. '1 his is a great day al(o for little cxcurfions into the country. The carri1gcs n1adc u fe of in Philadelphia collfi fl: of co.1chcs, chariots, chaifes, coachees, and light waggons, the greater part of which are built in Philadelphia. T'hc equipages of a few individuals arc extremely ofientatious ; nor does there arpcar in any th:lt neatnt:fs and elegance which xnight be expected amongfl a ict cf people that arc dd!rous of imit:lting the fitfhions of Englancl, and that are continually getting models over from that country. T'hc coachee is a carriage peculiar, 1 believe, to Arnerica; the body of it is rather longer than that of a coach, • Whether the lc.:vcc is kept up by the prrfcnt prdideor, or not, 1 have not heard. Many objcl'lions were made to it by the democratic party during tlu: adminiilr:uion of General Wa01ington, as being inconlillcnt wirh the fpirit of a republ ican go\'en,rncnt, and de f1 ruclil'C of that equality which ought to reign amongfr the citizens of every cl.lfs. but |