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bread, veal, chicken, and wine on the tables, and every other article of food and drink, suited to their situation. Having seen every thing in that part of the hospital worthy of notice, I sought the young man, whom I found waiting patiently in the place where I left him. Upon joining him, his face was dressed with a most becoming blush; a mutual interchange of which was all that passed between us; and we walked through the balance of the hospital, which I need not describe, after what has been said. It may justly be supposed that the unbounded humanity, which could lead to the foregoing establishment, would stop at nothing to render the whole ample and complete. Here, as in Baltimore, strangers are prohibited from seeing the insane. After viewing the city from the top of the hospital, which presents a grand spectacle, I descended with my friend to the garden. On passing some of the rooms, he pointed out to me two objects of singular interest; one was the chair in which Penn used to sit when administering justice; the other was a clock made by Rittenhouse. The chair was sound and fresh, just as it was when Penn used it, except the seat, which has been replaced by a new one : the back is of plaited cane. I sat in it for some minutes, which was spent in pondering over that success which crowned the enterprise of its former owner. The clock is an ingenious piece of mechanism; besides the hour of the day, &c. it revolves several of the planets with regularity and order; so it is said. The garden is laid out with much taste, and contains almost every rare and useful plant, though the frost having laid the whole under contribution, there was little to be seen except in the glass or green-house, where many tropical productions cultivated with success. Here were a thousand thi_ngs which, though they are very pretty to look at, yet aescription of them would be tedious and dry. The house is very small, I should think by no means calculated to extend the design to a matter of much interest; it seems, however, to gratify the curious. I saw one or two orange trees; they were little higher than my head, though they had several small ripe oranges hanging upon

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I declined visiting West's painting, principally because I am no judge of paintings, and having heard it extolled so highly, I expected another disappointment, and besides, having no curiosity of my own to gratify, and not being qualified to gratify the public, and above all, the fear of doing injustice to the piece, I would not see it. The house in which it is kept, stands near the hospital. As we walked back, my friend pointed out the grave of Mrs. Girard, wife of the celebrated Girard of Philadelphia: she died in the hospital, being deran ged some time previous. Although Girard is said to be worth $10,000,000, yet this grave is undistinguished by the least mark of respect.

As I before remarked, a full statue of William Penn, the founder of Philadelphia, is on the Hospital-square. He is standing on a pedestal, with his Quaker hat on, in full Quaker dress. In his hand he holds a roll, on which is written, "Toleration to all sects, equal rights and jus tice to all." The statue is of brass, and as black as the blackest negro. It was presented to Philadelphia, by the nephew of Penn. It was made in England. The hospital has a library of 5000 volumes, and an anatomical museum.

Deaf and Dumb Institution.-I shall notice but one more of the institutions of Philadelphia, as, to describe them all, would be impossible in a work like this. Be sides, it would only be a repetition of the same thing; so nearly do they resemble, that a description of one may serve for the whole, I mean so far as benevolence and the most exalted charity is concerned. Having already mentioned the number of charitable institutions, which is twenty-seven, the institution for the deaf and dumb, is amongst the number. It is a place where deaf and dumb children are taught to read, and write, in short almost every sort of literature in the English Language. Many of these are orphans, and taught, fed, and clothed gratis, a few only being able to pay for tuition. Besides literary pursuits, the females are taught all sorts of domestic work, such as sewing, knitting, but mostly the manufacturing straw bonnets. When I knocked at the door, it was opened by a little girl of about twelve years

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