the boat to the mouth of the Delaware, when the
latter cast off and stood up the river, while the pirate proceeded again
towards the ocean.

CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN.

PENNSYLVANIA--RETURN HOME--LAST ADVENTURES AND CONCLUSION.

Captain Deane and his companions had a prosperous voyage up the
Delaware, and in two days the buildings of the new city appeared in
sight, standing at the junction of the Delaware and the Schuylkill. The
Delaware is a noble stream, and the Schuylkill is as broad at its mouth
as the Thames is at Woolwich. The banks of the great river above which
the town was laid out were bold and high, the air pure and wholesome,
while the neighbouring lands were free from swamps. Altogether the site
was one admirably fitted for the purpose of a great city. Clay for
making bricks was found on the spot, and quarries of good stone abounded
within a few miles. Already the city was laid out according to the
design of its sagacious founder, but as yet, although a considerable
number of houses had been erected near to each other, forming streets,
many were only scattered about here and there, according as the owners
had purchased their town lots. Two streets, one of them facing a
magnificent row of red pines, were planned to front the rivers. The
great public thoroughfare alone separated the houses from the banks. It
was arranged that these streets were to be connected by the High Street,
a magnificent avenue perfectly straight and a hundred feet in width, to
be adorned with trees and gardens. At a right angle with the High
Street a broad street of equal width was to cut the city in two from
north to south. It was thus divided into four sections. In the exact
centre of the city, a large square of ten acres was reserved for the
advantage of the public, and in the middle of each quarter a smaller
square of eight acres was set apart for the same purpose. Eight
streets, each fifty feet wide, were to be built parallel to the High
Street, and twenty of the same width parallel to the rivers. Mr Penn's
great object was to give a rural appearance to the houses of his new
city. The boat reached the shore before a large building, which from
the sign-board swinging in front of it, on which a large blue anchor was
painted, was known to be a house of entertainment Deane and his
companions, hauling up their boat, hastened towards it, as he hoped
there to obtain the information as to where Giles Dainsforth and his
sis