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Show TRAVELS TfiROUGII NORTII AMERICA: I n the front it is lcit quite oren (1.o wn to. the but <Jf the fame !hape. 1 gc . . b ·n h u ndcr the t oof of t 1e earn a • bottom, ~ll1d the drt\Cr fit:; on a c n· . . II Itt \\ i h their fa ·es . . for the pa engel s, vv lo There arc two feats 111 It ll which at e Th. roof is fup l'( rt~ J Ly fn t ~l plo ps, tow~t ds the horks. . ·h ~ l , f the (~0( J s, above the pan nels, 1 d t the corners On c .H.: il c 0 · P <tCe .a . l . gu·tnJ 'Ul":l .l ll fl l) ,,1 Ll V. 'C" ,l t l \ C' r the re..: arc curt:uns, it is quJlC OJ1C.: J) , .d)( to < • o' I t s pl:tccd 1 . r and f ttlcn to )llt on · which :tre made to lie t dow:.~r:·OL~~:~:·~c' ~;~li;J l~athcrn c Jrtain to hang for the purpofc on t 1e oulLl c. . , ' , . , ,~ . 11 bet veen the dnvc::r and p.lf1~tl_ . s. l occa11on.1 y \ · l . c· 1 ku h tc..:c The l.t ght wa~gons ., u.c o ,1 the 1aml' COil t · a:bon, ant at .e1 ~ , , . b. to a commud,Hc ( 1.r om foul. to t wd e } t:(''r) e. T he only. dd cren1c. c . r. c- , h . th·lt th httcr JS better 11lltn- twcen a ftnall waggon and :1 CO:ll ~C JS, ' . '- ' ' j c 111S 110 ed has V;lrni{hed pan nels, an<I loot.s a t th , h j. . j )( ' 1 Ortl l C f ' . } . .J ' • hut the p~fil:ng·crs fc ra tll l >I c .tn t Ih . l1 . tl v , ty . hey c·, tn ' ov. ct t lC uoot ' . . 1' f . ~t a tage~ feat of the driver. TIH.: v.aggons arc ulld t:l llH r l y r' .. tge c.lr' '" ' The ace on nH. . da t .to ns at t lw ta \, e t .n .,. ' h y w .i ·h 11; llll: thf y C;ll J .a ll inns, &c. arc very illdiAer< nt 1.1 1 t>J 11.1 a ( l l 1P 1 l t •. , ,.. ~, ind•£ ·'eId th~ y 1a rLf, wt th a v '~"Y few excepti.O ns, t 11 roug1 1 out t 1w . c, o.,r 1 1 try ~ l 1e 11101 c. o con- cluB.ing them is nearly th fame every w 1K t·c, . '1 he tn' vcl. k r IS !hewn, on arriv.tl, into a ro01n w 1l l.C 1) J.S COtldll ~m ro every r1 •1 ' 1011 111 .t he houfe, anc.l w l1 .1 c 11 J.S genet·,l lly tlu.~ one Ji: t .tl ~~r t for brc,tJ·Ldt , dmncr, and fupper. All the fir nPgns that hanl .·n t~ h~ in tlw. I.10td t· ft do\\D to t 1l< .:rI e mea 1s prom1'{ ic·u ou fly , and , exc "1') lliWt:• 111 tJ1C ~1rgc LO. \ \ 11S, the f.unJ!y of the liOu fc al fo forms a part of the cc m p;l ny. It l'i fv ldotn t hat a private p~l rlour or drawt. ng 1oom can b e Pl<. )llll ed ~'l t ·a 1 • of t,h e ta vcr.n s, C\tn in the towns; and 1t i) always with rclutl:ancc that or ·al t,Lfl: or dinner is ic·rved up fcp:uattl] to at.y m· dJ"V I· J ll.l 1· IC '' l .i in_b,d c b· 'd roon1 cnn h~ procured, n1orc ou ~ ht not to be kokcd for ; lmt Il ts not always that even th s is to b~ h ad, and thofe who travel through the '-ountry 1n ufl of.en {ub.n it to he crammed into J\JOms ,vhcrc thl:le is frarcdy fn iJl~i ~nt fj ace to wall<.. letwccn the l) eu1 s.;~·. S trar .;crs \ v ho remain for • 1 J;1\·i 1•g I) " ~ w,J on~ ni,~ ht ,, F lkton . on my juur 11ey to ll:•lunHHc in the puulic caHiagc) any my firO Lnquiric~ from the land lord , on :~ l ight i n g, a3 there wet e many patlengcrs in tllc Huge) were lO P H I L A D E L P II I A. '7 any length of time in the large towns mofl: ufually go to private boarding houfcs, of which great numbers arc to be tnct with. It is always a difl1cult n1atter to procure furnilhcd lodgings without paying for board. At all the taverns, both in town and country, but particularly in the latter, the attendance is very bad; indeed, excepting in the fouthcrn fiatcs, where there arc fuch great nun1oers of negroes, it is a n1attcr of the utmofl: dif11- culty to procure d01ndlic ll:rvants of any dcfcription. l'hc generality of fervants that arc n1ct with in Phila i lphia are emigrant Europeans; they, however, for the nJoll p~rt, only remain in ftrvicc until they can fave a little n1oncy, when they conflantly qnit their maHcrs, being kd to do fo by that ddi1e for independence which is fo na tural to the tnind of man, and which every pcr!on in An1l:rica may enjoy that will be indufi:rious. 1'hc few that rc1nain flcady to thofe who ha vc hired thcJn arc retained at lnofl: exorbitant wages. As for the Americans, none but thofe of the n1ofl: indifferent characters ever enter into fcrvic.c, \vhich th~y confider as fui t.1blc only to neg roes ; the negroes again, in Pcnn(ylv.1nia and in the other flat -2s where fie ps ha vc been taken for the gradu.tl abolition of Jlavcry, are taught Uy the ~akers to look upon thcn.tC!vcs in every refj>eet as equal to their white brethren, and tl1<:y endeavour tb imitate the1n by being flllcy. 1t is the (i.unc both with males and fi ·malcs. I 1nu!l: here obfcrvc, that :11uong fl the gcnerillity of the low ·r fort of people in the United States, and partict1l.1r1y an1ongl1: thofc of PhiLlddphia, there is a want of good manners which excites the ft1tprizc of al111ofi every foreigner; I wi(h alfo that it 1nay not be thought that this re1nark h as been made, merdy bl:caufc the f.unc deference and the i:une rcfpectful attention, which we fcc (o commonly paid by tht; lower orders of people in Great Britain and Ircl.llld to tlwfc who arc in a fttuatior1 fotnewhat fup.crior to th 'Jll(elves) is not :.1 llo paid in America to perfons in the func fiat.ion; it is the W.lnt of cornmon civility I con1plain of, which it is to know what accommodation his hou((· afro1dd, He fumed much furprifcd that :-my cuquirics thould l>t. mndc: on fnch a fu bj ct, :tml \1 lfh 11 uc.h <'Onfcqucncc tol,l me) I need nor give my !~Il any trou ble about the exten t of his a.ccornrno.lation ~, as he had no J,..f. than rlt'l.'t h bed~ in ()"'t 6f l1i~ J ~om. , 1 J) J.lway, |