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from his pocket a volume, which he requefted me to dry. This volume I found to be my old favourite work, Bunyan's Voyages, in Dutch, a beautiful impreffion on fine paper, with copperplate engravings; a drefs in which I had never feen it in its original language. I have fince learned that it has been tranflated into almost all the languages of Europe, and next to the Bible, I am perfuaded, it is one of the books which has had the greatest spread. Honeft John is the first, that I know of, who has mixed narrative and dialogue together; a mode of writing very engaging to the reader. who, in the most interefting paffages, finds himself admitted as it were into the company, and prefent at the converfation. De Foe has imitated it with fuccefs in his Robinfon Crufoe, his Moll Flanders, and other works; as alfo has Richardfon in his Pamela, &c.

In approaching the ifland, we found that we had made a part of the coaft where it was not poffible to land, on account of the ftrong breakers produced by the rocky fhore. We caft anchor and veered the cable towards the fhore. Some men, who stood upon the brink, hallooed to us, while we did the fame on our part; but the wind was fo high, and the waves fo noify, that we could neither of us hear each other. There were fome canoes upon the bank, and we called out to them, and made figns to prevail on them to come and take us up; but either they did not understand us, or they deemed our requeft impracticable, and withdrew. Night came on, and nothing remained for us but to wait quietly the fubfiding of the wind; till when we determined, that is, the pilot and I, to fleep if poffible. For that purpose we went below the hatches along with the Dutchman, who was drenched with water. The fea broke over the boat, and reached

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us in our retreat, fo that we were presently as completely drenched as he.

We had very little repofe during the whole night but the wind abating the next day, we fucceeded in reaching Amboy before it was dark, after having paffed thirty hours without provifions, and with no other drink than a bottle of bad rum, the water upon which we rowed being falt. In the evening I went to bed with a very violent fever. I had fomewhere read that cold water, drank plentifully, was a remedy in fuch cafes. I followed the prefcription, was in a profufe fweat for the greater part of the night, and the fever left me. The next day I croffed the river in a ferry-boat, and continued my journey on foot. I had fifty miles to walk, in order to reach Burlington, where I was told I should find paffage-boats that would convey me to Philadelphia, It rained hard the whole day, fo that I was wet to the skin. Finding myself fatigued about noon, Iftopped at a paltry inn, where I paffed the reft of the day and the whole night, beginning to regret that I had quitted my home. I made befides to wretched a figure, that I was fufpected to be fome runaway fervant. This I difcovered by the queftions that were asked me; and I felt that I was every moment in danger of being taken up as fuch. The next day, however, I continued my journey, and arrived in the evening at an inn, eight or ten miles from Burlington, that was kept by one Dr. Brown.

This man entered into converfation with me while I took fome refrefhment, and perceiving that I had read a little, he expreffed towards me confiderable intereft and friendship. Our acquaintance continued during the remainder of his life. I believe him to have been what is called an itinerant doctor; for there was no

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town in England, or indeed in Europe, of which he could not give a particular account. He was neither deficient in understanding or literature, but he was a fad infidel; and, fome years after, wickedly undertook to travesty the Bible in burlefque verfe, as Cotton has traveftied Virgil. He exhibited, by this means, many facts in a very ludicrous point of view, which would have given umbrage to weak minds, had his work been published, which it never was.

I spent the night. at his houfe, and reached Burlington the next morning On my arrival, I had the mortification to learn that the ordinary paffage-boats had failed a little before. This was on a Saturday, and there would be no other boat till the Tuesday following. I returned to the houfe of an old woman in the town who had fold me fome ginger-bread to eat on my paffage, and I asked her advice. She invited me to take up my abode with her till an opportunity offered for me to embark. Fatigued with having travelled fo far on foot, I accepted her invitation. When fhe understood that I was a printer, fhe would have perfuaded me to ftay at Burlington, and fet up my trade: but fhe was little aware of the capital that would be neceffary for fuch a purpofe! I was treated while at her house with true hofpitality. She gave me, with the utmost goodwill, a dinner of beef-fieaks, and would accept of nothing in return but a pint of ale.

Here I imagined myself to be fixed till the Tuesday in the enfuing week; but walking out in the evening by the river fide, I faw a boat with a number of perfons in it approach. It was going to Philadelphia, and the company took me As there was no wind, we could only make way with our oars. About midnight, not perceiving the town, fome of the company were of

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opinion that we must have paffed it, and were unwilling to row any farther; the rest not knowing where we were, it was refolved that we fhould ftop. We drew towards the fhore, entered a creek, and landed near fome old palifades, which ferved us for fire-wood, it being a cold night in October. Here we stayed till day, when one of the company found the place in which we were to be Cooper's Creek, a little above Philadelphia; which in reality we perceived the moment we were out of the creek. We arrived on Sunday about eight or nine o'clock in the morning, and landed on Market-street wharf.

I have entered into the particulars of my voyage, and fhall in like manner defcribe my first entrance into this city, that you may be able to compare beginnings fo little aufpicious, with the figure I have fince made.

On my arrival at Philadelphia I was in my working dress, my beft clothes being to come by fea. I was covered with dirt; my pockets were filled with fhirts and ftockings; I was unacquainted with a fingle foul in the place, and knew not where to feek for a lodging. Figued with walking, rowing, and having paffed the night without fleep, I was extremely hungry, and all my money confifted of a Dutch dollar, and about a fhilling's worth of coppers, which I gave to the boatmen for my paffage. As I had affifted them in rowing, they refused it at firft; but I infifted on their taking it. A man is fometimes more generous when he has little, than when he has much money; probably because, in the first case, he is defirous of concealing his poverty.

I walked towards the top of the street, looking eagerly on both fides, till I came to Marketftreet, where I met a child with a loaf of bread, Often had I made my dinner on dry bread. I

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enquired where he had bought it, and went ftraight to the baker's fhop which he pointed out to me. I asked for fome bifcuits, expecting to find fuch as we had at Bofton; but they made, it feems, none of that fort at Philadelphia. I then afked for a three penny loaf. They made no loaves of that price. Finding myfelf ignorant of the prices, as well as of the different kinds of bread, I defired him to let me have three pennyworth of bread of fome kind or other. He gave me three large rolls. I was furprized at receiving fo much: I took them, however, and having no room in my pockets, I walked on with a roll under each arm, eating the third. In this manner I went through Market-ftreet to Fourthstreet, and passed the house of Mr. Read, the father of my future wife. She was standing at the door, obferved me, and thought, with reafon, that I made a very fingular and grotefque appear

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I then turned the corner, and went through Chefnut-freet, eating my roll all the way; and having made this round, I found myself again on Market-street wharf, near the boat in which 1 had arrived. I ftepped into it to take a draught of the river water; and finding myself fatisfied with my firft roll, I gave the other two to a woman and her child, who had come down the river with us in the boat, and was waiting to continue her journey. Thus refreshed, I regained the ftreet, which was now full of well dreffed people, all going the fame way. I joined them, and was thus led to a large Quaker's meetinghoufe near the Market-place. I fat down with the reft, and after looking round me for fome time, hearing nothing faid, and being drowsy from my last night's labour and want of reft, I fell into a found fleep. In this ftate I continued

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