IN NORTH AMERICA, DESCRIBED IN LETTERS FROM A GENTLEMAN AND HIS YOUNG COMPANION, TO THEIR FRIENDS IN ENGLAND. By PRISCILLA WAKEFIELD, THE SECOND EDITION. LONDON:" PRINTED AND SOLD BY DARTON, HARVEY, AND DARTON, 1810. PREFACE.. THE variety of natural productions in North America, both animal and vegetable, and the connexion it formerly had with this country, give it a peculiar claim to the notice of British youth; a consideration that has induced the author to attempt a general description of it, in the form of a tour, adapted to the taste and capacity of young readers. When the difficulty of selecting from such a fund of materials is considered, she trusts she shall obtain the same indulgence she has been favoured with on former occasions. She considers it a sanction to the work to acknowledge, that the chief sources of her information have been derived from Jefferson, |