She went to church, neither having dined nor taken any repose after her journey."-- Manuscript Notes.] A day or two we remained here, and passed some happy hours in the woods that fringe the stream, where the gentlemen found a rich booty of fish.
Next day, travelling along the river's banks, was an uninterrupted pleasure.

We closed our drive in the afternoon at the house of an English gentleman, who has gratified, as few men do, the common wish to pass the evening of an active day amid the quiet influences of country life.

He showed us a bookcase filled with books about this country; these he had collected for years, and become so familiar with the localities, that, on coming here at last, he sought and found, at once, the very spot he wanted, and where he is as content as he hoped to be, thus realizing Wordsworth's description of the wise man, who "sees what he foresaw." A wood surrounds the house, through which paths are cut in every direction.

It is, for this new country, a large and handsome dwelling; but round it are its barns and farm-yard, with cattle and poultry.
These, however, in the framework of wood, have a very picturesque and pleasing effect.

There is that mixture of culture and rudeness in the aspect of things which gives a feeling of freedom, not of confusion.
I wish, it were possible to give some idea of this scene, as viewed by the earliest freshness of dewy dawn.