When the corpse is placed in the street, a tune is sung by a choir of singers appointed for the purpose -- and continue singing until they arrive at the grave; and after the body is deposited, they have some remarks made -- return to ye house, and in general get drunk. 12 men are bearers -- or carriers -- and they have no relief. No will is opened, nor debt paid, under 6 weeks from y« time of death.

July 2Gth. -- Left the river about noon, and turned to the North. Preached the afternoon to a body of people in the northwest part of the town of Amsterdam -- people kind and friendly; soil good -- very productive in wheat; -- a silicious earth.

27th. -- Left Amsterdam, and travelled 5 miles to Johnstown, a very pleasant village -- containing one Dutch presbyterian chh. and an Episcopalian. The village is tolerably well built. It is a county town -- lies about 4 miles from the River, and contains about 600 inhabitants. In this town there is a jail, court-house and an academy . About |*hs of a mile from the centre of the town, we find the buildings erected by Sir William Johnson. After leaving this town, I passed about 10 miles in a heavy timbered country, Avith but few inhabitants. The soil, however, appears to be in general excellent -- the country is a little more uneven than it is back in Amsterdam. After travelling about 10 miles in a tolerable road, I came to Stonearabe (or Robby as the Dutch pronounce it.) This is a parish of Palatine, and is composed principally of High Dutch, or Germans. Passing on 4 miles, came upon the river in another parish of Palatine -- a snug little village, with a handsome stone chh.