And thé same observation and advice might be properly given to
the inhabitants' óf New York. '
'Ehèrë'is-a n o t h e r I have heard,-that is, when
the dreadfhl fevét règes hètej hot the nearest delation attends the
funeral, for that'ohbeiflghfiected by the contagious disease. The sad
solemnity is therefore' left to the care of the-negroes, who do not
catch- this disdrdef ;?of whichthey'them selves-are' so confident, that
it is said they make no scruple’ of plunder']ng}-thê:ëorpse; and in
confirmation' of'this; it has been generally observed', that thênëgrpès.
are në^er' bfetter' drbsf than when this dreadful disorder prevails.
Kow if Cfiisis réally the fact, when sö'much caW'is taken fo burn
and'destroy tbe apparel, that was usually Worn byfthe deceased- in
fhëèöntagióus disordef^ and these hegrdes do bring into u'se again
thef8fêsse^ from'the grave, it shouM'tbe mostf, strictly prevented,
which’might be donê^foy making a lawTthat éVery corè^s&mterréd;
shonld'be clad in a shróüd'of a particular kind of stuff, never'worn
by living persons, by which means the: theft would be'-easily: discovered.
Thtis, for-instance, if a pattern o f linen Or cotton, was
wove airofer with disËncf bi&fck and white crosses, none would use
it, but for d ry in g thedeceased.’’
Having taken a ride with Mr. Semple 'to^thélbotanical gardën,
and to thë country seat Of Mr. Hamilton, who has a finef planted
p a rk ; and having refreshed ourselves at Kingston,' beneath the
shade* of a lafge treé* under which, It i£ said, William Penn -concluded
an amicable trèaty with the Indian nations, we returned
againtoPhiladelphia. 1
Mr. Semple was so good as to offer me any money that I might
want; I frankly told him how'much I had left fröm this tour; Mr.
S. thought it better to have a supply, and immediately furnished me
with an adequate sum. Travélling is here very expensive; in the
hotels they charge for the day of arrival as a full day, though the
passenger comes very late, and also at the departure they charge the
same, though you set off ever so early; .therefore, in spending two
days in a place, the biff is to be.paid.for four days; \and as there
is always at breakfast, besides tea and.coffee,’meat and other.;solid
dishes; and as the supper also: consists in different dishes, the
this? means,^béé omes very*eönsiderableand though,.in
consideration ©f mydiéalth, I never-partook-of: this- sort of breakfast
and supper,' they .cha-rged, me: hot bnlyffor. them, but made
rfie; M S O | t h e , ihilk and* fruit which I had instead; o£ them.
Thóugti paying for the-room a wholevday, when, we do, not stay so
löng^S'TKtt to, be?objected tQ*yet-it is,- certainly an .imposition ♦ to
pay for?dinners' and suppers which must .be, paid fori again, on the
road. But’ being angry, and disputing ,with many-landlords, is worse
still, and thereto reit. is bettertoimbmittoitheir demands-,;<}
On the eighteenth qf, August, when Lrefcurttedi to:;New, York, I
went to lodge at the Mechanic's Hall, which-, is in a good situation
opposite the park, and the people are here reasonable, iri their
.charges; but as lodging and boarding with, a private family in Gold-
street was reeomtnended to me, I preferred it, and I have the greatest
reason to be, pleased with it. .Since my return' to New York, Ihaye
employed my time in visiting several places which 11 had: not y e t
seen: the first was a botanical garden, though; some miles »from
town; I should not have postpotied this so long; if 1 had received a
nafoje favourable account of it earlier; . there are different Indian
plants kept in the hot-houses, andathe gentleman- who accompanied
me hither was very highly..gratified .with the niotion^f'the.mimosa,
or sensitive plant; he told me hé had read of it, but always treated
it as a fable. When I asked the gardene# if he had here the-Dionsea
muscipula, Lin. or* as it is, called in Englishthe Vunus. Flytrap,
which grows.in the,southern parts ®Éi
him the,|«tecription ofritj; he', smiled, saying, that ifesuch at curious
plant was growing in-,the .territory qf the United.States, it jvouljd be
undoubtedly kept iir this-jbotanical garden. .The hot-houses are