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particular regard and esteem of the friends about him. The shocking situation of some they found in the fields, would not bear description; in others who lay lifeless on the ground, it was some time before any wound could be discovered, a single bullet having passed through some vital part; others had the fleshy part of a leg or a thigh torn to pieces by larger balls, and had sunk under the loss of blood. These scenes of horror were followed by others, if possible, still more revolting to human nature. Those who have travelled much in America must have observed the deep channels that are in many places worn in the declivities of their fields, owing to the great depth of soil and the heavy showers to which they are subject in that country. It so happened that the dead bodies of many of those who were slain in this battle, were interred in these chan- nels, and remained so for some time undisturbed; but, afterwards, some heavy rains falling, the earth was washed away, and many of the dead bodies were again exposed to view in a putrid state. After spending an hour or two at West Chester we came to S. J.'s, where we dined and spent the rest of the day. At this friends house, General L'Agneau made his head-quarters for some time before the battle of Germantown, where he lost his life. That part of the English army under his