throughout America. General Green was a native of this province, and the people boast of the honour of being his countrymen. He was a distinguished general in the American revolution; and though he fought against the English, it appears that his bravery and military skill endeared him to his soldiers; and that his humanity to the vanquished, and moderation in prosperity, have established his character as a person of great merit.

We are now at Boston, which is the capital of New England, as well as of Massachusets Bay. It stands upon a peninsula, united to the continent by a narrow isthmus. The view over the capacious harbour, containing many islands, is very fine, but the entrance of the bay is so narrow, that not more than two large ships can enter in at the same time, though it is capable of containing a numerous fleet.

Some of these islands are guarded by soldiers, to prevent the approach of an enemy; and the convicts of the state are sent to one of them, named Castle Island, and employed in making shoes and nails. Boston is united to the flourishing village of Charlestown, by a fine bridge, built over Charles's River. The town spreads, in the form of a crescent, round the harbour. Boston is not very large, nor are the streets regular; but nevertheless, it is pleasant, and the people are so kind and sociable,

that

that I should like to live here better than in any large town I have been in on the American continent.

On the spot where the fort stood is a simple monument, erected to the memory of General Warren; a revolutionary general, who lost his life in its defence.

Boston trades to all parts of the globe; of course the harbour is a busy, lively scene, which I often enjoy from the noble pier, which is two thousand feet long.

Some of the ships belonging to this port carry on a trade between the western coast of America and Canton in China.

These vessels make a very long voyage round South America, for the sake of purchasing the skins of the sea otter, which is the most valuable of furs; and having obtained a cargo, sail to the westward, till they reach Canton, where they barter them with the Chinese for their manufactures, which are either used by the Americans, or exported to Europe.

Mr. Franklin says, that though luxury has many evils, it is the means of bringing distant nations acquainted with each other, by the desire for commodities that are not produced at home.

This enterprising life would be just the thing for me, and when I have made the tour of America, I hope my mother will let me go on a voyage of discovery.

I wish our tastes were more alike, that we might · travel together; for nothing but your company is ' wanting to complete the enjoyment of your

BEHOLD us now set off on horseback for the province of Maine, which lies towards the north-east. At a place called Lynn, standing on a small haven, we got a good breakfast, and observed that the people are chiefly employed in making shoes. We were told that four hundred thousand pair are sent every year to Boston, New York,. and Philadelphia: and from these ports many of them are exported to Europe. We advanced no further that day than Salem, the capital of the county of Essex, a large, populous place, handsomely built, with neat houses of a moderate size, suited to the inhabitants, who are chiefly engaged in foreign commerce, though there is a manufacture of sail-cloth. The senate-house is a spacious, elegant structure;

structure; but the harbour is so shallow and inconvenient, that a large vessel, heavily laden, cannot approach their quays; yet the enterprising spirit of the people has so well overcome this obstacle, that they trade to all parts of the globe. The ancestors of these industrious merchants were ignorant and superstitious; for in 1692, they persecuted, in a cruel manner, a number of unhappy wretches, for the imaginary crime of witchcraft. How absurd! For the honour of Salem, however, its townsmen were not alone in this ridiculous notion; the same miserable delusion disgraced New England in general at the same period. We took a pleasant walk in the afternoon to Marblehead, a small port on the same bay, wildly situated in the midst of rocks.

The place seemed to be inhabited only by wretched looking women and children, so that I could not help asking one of the former, whether they had banished men from their society. She replied, with a smile, that there were plenty of men, but that they were all employed on the sea, fishing for cod, which they cure, and then call them stock-fish. On our return, we crossed over a bridge that unites Salem to Beverley, where such multitudes of cod are cured, that we were almost poisoned by the smell of them. You shall know the process, without suffering the inconvenience.

After the fish are brought on shore, they are

washed,

washed, and laid in beaps to drain; and when they have been exposed to the air two or three days, they are placed on hurdles, which extend the length of a large field, till they are sufficiently dry, to be packed in cases, pressed down, and sent either to the West Indies or Europe.

The whole coast of Massachusets and Maine is inhabited by a hardy race of men, who are engaged in the fishery on the Great Sand Bank.

In our way to Ipswich, we saw several, fields of flax and hemp. Gloucester is situated at the bottom of Cape Ann, and here our noses were again assailed by the odoriferous smell of the stock-fish.

Newbury Port is built on the river Merrimack: it has ten public schools, and an institution called the Sea Company, which supports several small houses, on an inlet in the mouth of the river, for the accommodation of shipwrecked sailors.

Some of the inhabitants are employed in a nail, manufactory; and others in sugar-boiling, who are supplied with molasses from, the Antilles, by the exchange of American commodities.

Having crossed a fine bridge over the Merrimack, we entered the high road to Portsmouth, which is, the principal town and harbour in New Hampshire, standing upon a bay formed by the river, Piscataqua, before it discharges its waters into the ocean. The little towns of Dover, Exeter, and Derham, each employed in trade and ship-building,

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