given them tradition for ill, and not for good things." Alas, that it should be so! How little was the pious prayer he offers heard on High! "I beseech God to incline the hearts of all that come into these parts to outlive the knowledge of the Natives by a fixed obedience to their greater knowledge of the will of God, for it were miserable indeed for us to fall under the just censure of the poor Indian conscience whilst we make profession of things so far transcending it." What Nemesis has followed the wrong the English white man rendered to his fellow? None, I trow. FOOTNOTES: [2] 'My Diary North and South,' vol. i. p. 17. Bradbury and Evans, London, 1863. [3] At starting, the party formed a common purse, which was placed in the hands of Mr. Neale, and a most excellent Chancellor of the Exchequer he proved from our departure to cross the Atlantic till he left us to return to England. [4] "The Present State of His Majesties Isles and Territories in America, &c. London: Printed by H. Clark, for Dorman Newman, at the King's Arms, in the Poultry, 1687." CHAPTER III. DEPARTURE FOR PHILADELPHIA. Our Special Train -- On the Rail -- Eye-sores -- The Quaker City -- The Pennsylvania Railroad -- Reminiscences -- Excursions -- The New Public Buildings -- Mr. Childs and "The Ledger" -- Mr. Simon Cameron -- Baltimore -- Arrival at Washington. At 12.30 we landed at the Pennsylvania Terminus or Depôt, where our special train was in readiness, consisting of several Pullman palace-cars and the private car of President Roberts, and a staff of smart, well-uniformed coloured waiters, and, as we found, with an ample store of creature comforts. At the Depôt the experts examined the whole system of transportation of freight, stowage, passenger traffic, and baggage checking. As far as I could gather from Mr. Neale and the Directors, who applied their minds to the subject, the American system of checking luggage offers no advantages which would recommend its introduction in England, although it may be, and is, no doubt, exceedingly well suited to the United States, where passengers may have to travel thousands of miles continuously over different lines of railway with many breaks. It seemed to our London and North-Western Directors that English travellers would not put up with the delays which would be experienced in the transportation of their baggage from the railway stations to the hotels, under the American check system, and that they would prefer a short detention when the train arrived, in order to pick out their own property and carry it away with them bodily.