At one end of this room is a statue in wood of General Washington; on its base is the following inscription:- First in Peace, First in War, and First in the hearts of his Countrymen.
There is a very pretty enclosure before the Walnut Street entrance to the State House, with good well-kept gravel walks, and many of their beautiful flowering trees.

It is laid down in grass, not in turf; that, indeed, is a luxury I never saw in America.

Near this enclosure is another of much the same description, called Washington Square.

Here there was an excellent crop of clover; but as the trees are numerous, and highly beautiful, and several commodious seats are placed beneath their shade, it is, in spite of the long grass, a very agreeable retreat from heat and dust.

It was rarely, however, that I saw any of these seats occupied; the Americans have either no leisure, or no inclination for those moments of _delassement_ that all other people, I believe, indulge in.