they looked like Angels, compared with the long, lank, yellow-faced _Virginians_, who at best are a half-starved, ragged, dirty Set; if by Accident they can clear enough by their Tobacco to buy a Coat, they rather chuse a half-wore gaudy Rag, than a substantial coarse Cloth, or Kersey; they are the very Opposites to the _Pensilvanians_, who buy Coats of Cloth so strong as to last as long as the Garments of the _Israelites_ in their March through the Desert; a Coat serves a Man for his Life and yet looks fresh, but this comes from their never wearing them at Home; when out of Sight they work half naked. They are a very frugal People, and if they were not so would be as beggarly as their Neighbours the _Virginians_. The Ground does not bear half the Crops as in _England_; they have no Market but by Sea, and that very dull, if you consider they are forced to put their Flour in Barrels after grinding and sifting, all at their own Charge, and no Consideration thereof in the Price; whilst the _English_ Farmer only threshes his Wheat, and sends it to Market. Tho' _Pensilvania_ is a Paradise to _Virginia_, it is a very poor Country compared to _England_, and no Man in his Senses can live with Comfort in _England_ stays here; as soon as they get Estates they come over to _England_. The Proprietor, a most worthy Gentleman, and universally admired, went over, and out of Complaisance staid a little Time with them, but soon returned back to _England_, where he resides. If _Pennsylvania_ could be agreeable to any one, it would be so to him, who is one of the most amiable Men living, and the whole People used their utmost Endeavors to make the Place agreeable; but alas, the Intemperature of the Climate, the Nearness and Frugality in their Manner of Living, necessary to carry on the Cultivation; the Labor that most are forced to undergo to live, prevent their giving Way to Pleasure, and the rest, as soon as they by Labor and Frugality get enough to come to _England_, leave that Country, so there are not People enough at Ease to make an agreeable Society; nor to occasion those Improvements in Gardens, Buildings, and Parks, as would make Life agreeable, much less is their Numbers enough of Rich to afford encouragement to support public Diversions; so that _America_ is a very disagreeable Place, the least Shire-Town in _England_ has more Pleasures than the best Town in _North America_.