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extortionate teacher, or Priest, to maintain, and a great scarcityof grain here; Some have been (they say) several days without bread.Also some who went 30 miles to buy, &; brought the Corn home on theirbacks. We called at one place, where was a woman and three Chil-dren besides one at her breast; whose husband was out seeking bread. She said they had been two days without, and knew not whenhe would return. It was almost more than I could bear to hear of,&; observe the situation of these poor Children; That called theHouse they sheltered in, was, a few logs put up, and brush thrown on the top; When it rained they suffered much, having to stand or sit the whole night, some times in the wet, and without fire. 14th Had a Meeting in a place called Shenang, at T. Lions, aboutfive Miles west of the Unedilly River, among a People notacquinted with friends; the gathering was so large, I wonder'd whereall the People came from; In the afternoon, another at Green-Halls; these were favour'd seasons; in the last especially, the hearts ofmany were melted into tenderness. With respect to G. Hall &; Lydiahis wife, I had reason to believe (if they were faithful) the Lord wouldprepare them for usefulness in this wilderness Country. 16th. We now took leave of our friends of this place in much near-ness: it seemed hard for them part with us: and travelledthrough a rough way to Ottego: here I met with some of my kinsfolkand acquaintance, and we were kindly received by a Son of JohnSleeper's: The next day had a pretty large Meeting to good satisfaction in