I hope, for we must not mind patched clothes while we work in the woods.

G. I am not, Sir.

Mr. B. Then I engage you too.
H. I am a weaver, Sir.

Mr. B. Weaving is a very useful art, but I question if we can find room for it in our colony for the present. We shall not grow either hemp or flax for some time to come, and it will be cheaper for us to import our cloth than to make it. In a few years, however, we may be very glad of you.

J. I am a silversmith and jeweller, Sir. Mr. B. Then, my friend, you cannot go to a worse place than a new colony to set up your trade in. You will break us, or we shall starve you.

J. But I understand clock and watchmaking, too.

Mr. B. That is somewhat more to our purpose, for we shall want to know how time goes. But I doubt we can

not give you sufficient encouragement for a long while to come. For the present you had better stay where you are. K. I am a barber and hair-dresser, Sir.

Mr. B. Alas! what can we do with you? If you will shave our men's rough beards once a week, and crop their hair once a quarter, and be content to help the carpenter, or follow the plough the rest of your time, we shall reward you accordingly. But you will have no ladies and gentlemen to dress for a ball, or wigs to curl and powder for Sundays, I assure you. Your trade will not stand by itself with us for a great while to come. L. I am a medical man, Sir.

Mr. B. Then, Sir, you are very welcome. Health is the first of blessings, and if you can give us that, you will be a valuable man indeed. But I hope you understand surgery as well as physic, for we are likely enough to get cuts and bruises, and broken bones occasionally.

L. I have had experience in that branch too, Sir.

Mr. B. And if you understand the nature of plants, and their uses both in medicine and diet, it will be a great addition to your usefulness.

L. Botany has been a favourite study with me, Sir; and I have some knowledge of chemistry, and the other parts of natural history, too.

Mr. B. Then you will be a treasure to us, Sir, and I shall be happy to make it worth your while to go with

us.

M. I, Sir, am a lawyer.

Mr. B. Sir, your most obedient servant. When we are rich enough to go to law, we will let you know. N. I am a schoolmaster, Sir.

Mr. B. That is a profession which I am sure I do not mean to undervalue; and as soon as ever we have young folks

your

in our colony, we shall be glad of services. Though we are to be hardworking plain people, we do not intend to be ignorant, and we shall make it a point to have every one taught reading and writing, at least. In the mean time, till we have employment enough for you in teaching, you may keep the accounts and records of the colony and on Sunday you may read prayers to all those that choose to attend upon you.

N. With all my heart, Sir.

Mr. B. Then I engage you. Who comes here with so bold an air ?

O. I am a soldier, Sir;
a soldier, Sir; will you

have me?

Mr. B. We are peaceable people, and I hope shall have no occasion to fight. We mean honestly to purchase our land from the natives, and to be just and fair in all our dealings with them. William Penn, the founder of

Pennsylvania, followed that plan; and when the Indians were at war with all the other European settlers, a person in a quaker's habit might pass through all their most ferocious tribes without the least injury. It is my intention, however, to make all my colonists soldiers, so far as to be able to defend themselves if attacked, and that being the case, we shall have no need of soldiers by trade.

P. I am a gentleman, Sir; and I have a great desire to accompany you, because I hear game is very plentiful in that country.

Mr. B. A gentleman! And what good will you do us, Sir?

P. O, Sir, that is not at all my. intention. I only mean to amuse myself.

Mr. B. But do you mean, Sir, that we should pay for your amusement?

P. As to maintenance, I expect to be able to kill game enough for my