We acted together most cordially from that time forth, and it was at his house that all the details of the seminary were arranged.

We first visited the college-building together.

It was located on an old country place of four hundred acres of pineland, with numerous springs, and the building was very large and handsome.

A carpenter, named James, resided there, and had the general charge of the property; but, as there was not a table, chair, black-board, or any thing on hand, necessary for a beginning, I concluded to quarter myself in one of the rooms of the seminary, and board with an old black woman who cooked for James, so that I might personally push forward the necessary preparations.

There was an old rail-fence about the place, and a large pile of boards in front.