My situation obliges me to maintain some sort of establishment, otherwise I should, from inclination, confine my intercourse to a very limited circle.

I have been for some days projecting a jaunt into the interior of the States, and I may probably visit New York before I return, but I shall weigh passing events well, ere I hazard so long a journey.

The heavy rains which have fallen for the last ten days have delayed my progress, as I did not choose to undertake the journey on horseback.

I by no means admire travelling alone in so comfortless a manner, in which the gratification would not repay the inconvenience.
I purpose directing my steps in the first instance to Ballstown, a medicinal water of great celebrity, about twenty miles north of Albany.

I then expect to be joined by James Brock, and probably by some others of the 49th.