o worship
under its unpretentious roof, but there is an air of antiquity
surrounding it which interests every visitor who enters its venerable
doorway.

The church-yard is very contracted in area, yet there is room for trees
to grow within its sacred precincts, and birds sometimes rest there
while pursuing their flight from the Schuylkill to the Delaware. Among
the crowded graves is a square brick structure, covered with an
horizontal slab of white marble, upon which I read:

"THIS MONUMENT COVERS THE REMAINS OF
ALEXANDER WILSON,
AUTHOR OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY.
HE WAS BORN IN RENFREWSHIRE, SCOTLAND, ON THE 6 JULY, 1766;
EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE YEAR 1794;
AND DIED IN PHILADELPHIA, OF THE DYSENTERY,
ON THE 23 AUGUST, 1813, AGED 47.
_Ingenio stat sine morte decus._"

Philadelphia has been called the "city of homes," and well does she
merit that comfortably sounding title, for it is not a misnomer. Unlike
some other large American cities, the artisan and laborer can here own a
home by becoming a member of a building association and paying the
moderate periodical dues. Miles upon miles of these cosy little houses,
of five or six rooms each, may be found, the inmates of which are a good
and useful class of citizens, adding strength to the city's discipline
and government.

The grand park of three thousand acres, one of, if not _the_ largest in
the world, is near at hand, where the poor as well as the rich can
resort at pleasure. I took leave of the beautiful and well laid-out city
with a pang of regret not usual with canoeists, who find it best for
their comfort and peace of mind to keep with their dainty crafts away
from the heterogeneous and not over-civil population which gathers along
the water-fronts of a port.

FOOTNOTES:

[B] NOTE TO PAGE 72.--The author has been criticised by technical
canoeists for using oars on a canoe. On this cruise, experience proved
that the paddle could be used effectively only two miles out of every
three. Head winds and seas frequently drive the paddler into camp, while
the adaptive cruiser pushes on with oar and outrigger, and avoids the
loss of many hours. Many canoeists exploring our broad watercourses have
adopted the oar as an auxiliary,--the paddle properly taking the
precedence. We are progressing. The canoeist of 1882 may follow the
teachings of common-sense _vs._ unauthorize