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I wrote and forwarded several letters to my rela- tives in England. Although the atmosphere on the continent is in general very clear; yet I could not avoid noticing, that, in this part of America, it was still clearer than in in any place I had before seen. The stars seemed to glitter with a brilliancy exceeding any thing I had already been witness to. So great was their lustre, that, waking about midnight, and observing a considerable degree of light shining into the chamber, at first, I thought it might be from the moon; but, on recollection, I knew this could not be the case, and looking out at the window, I found the light proceeded from several brilliant stars, which shone with such brightness as to cause the shadow of any inter- vening object, much in the same manner as the moon. The inn I slept at, is kept by an English- man of the name of Gadsley, and is conducted in a manner much superior to most inns in this coun- try, or many in England. Every thing was pre- served neat and clean, with good beds, and not more than one or two in a chamber. Note.--James Pemberton, a friend mentioned in page 36, is since deceased; and an interesting account is given of him in the 10th part of Piety Promoted, by J. G. Bevan.