assigned. A similar arbitrary order was issued to seize their woolen cloth, of which they generally have a large store; but for- tunately a French frigate arrived in the Delaware before this second or- der could be put in operation. An Englishman Among Them. Ih the course of our walk we met with one or two

brief to a fault, they bear on every page the palpable impress of truth." ¹ Early Explorations and Settlements on the Delaware River. But let us leave our hero, if we may call him such, for a little while, and try to unravel the somewhat tangled story of the early visits of European nations to our