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Chapter VI. Philadelphia, &;c.--Trenton--New-York--Burlington-- Philadelphia--Newcastle--Baltimore--Washington-- Richmond--Alexandria--Contrast between Pennsylva-nia and the States cultivated by Slaves. I remained at Philadelphia, or in its vicinity, for some weeks after the yearly meeting; and the 13th of 5th Month, 1805, was spent at my relation's W. B. Our time passed on very agreeably in traversing his plantation, or farm, on the Banks of the Schuylkill and Perkioming. The more I see of it, the more I am convinced that it is one of the most beautiful and healthful situations I have known, either in America or in England. The ground rising till it becomes elevated high above the banks of the rivers, commands a prospect as delightful as can well be conceived. A view of some of our No-blemen Parks, on the more extensive scale, may give a faint idea of the prospect here seen; for even with such it is comparing small things with great ones or putting art in comparison with nature. As far as the eye can command, one wide spreading Forest is seen, interspersed with planta-