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reached Charleston she became so sick, that
our fears were excited on her account.

Our own house was not ready for us, and our
Aunt had prepared rooms in her house for our
reception. We therefore after landing proceeded
to her house, and remained there a month
or two, my Mother became extremely ill, with
inflammatory rheumatism. She was in great
danger, but in the end recovered slowly. She
was still spared to be a blessing to us.

My brothers health being restored, returned to
the North, as he was anxious to graduate.
We removed to our Uncle's house, where we spent
the following summer, while he was travelling
in the Upper Country.

Our friends I believe generally, thought us im-
proved from our residence at the North, and
were pleased to have us back with them again.
They were so predjudiced against the North, they
did not like the idea of our residing there
altogether.

The summer we spent at out Uncle's
house, was one of the least pleasant of our lives.
We were so high up, and the weather so
warm, we could not see much of our friends,
and we found it quite lonely.

Just before our Uncle returned our own
house being ready, we removed to that. We were