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and are pretty hopefull, some of whom have sent acknowledgments by us to the Meeting that disowned them, they have a number of tender Inocent Children, the whole number of both Parents and Child--ren are thirty eight many of them if they keep their places will add strength to the little handful of friends in that place, we found at the Short Hills and in that neighbourhood five families of Friends who live at present pretty wide per-haps 12 or more miles tho some of them have it in prospect to move nearer together for the Benefit of society, making in the whole twenty seven persons, and eight fami--lies of such who have mostly been dis--owned, several of whom are desirous to Condemn their outgoings, and have sent acknowledgments along with us, and I hope will make useful members. The Parents and Children of this Class make 53 persons and who live pretty compact, the way the road now goes makes it near 40 miles from the short Hills to the settlements of friends at Black Creek, but there is reason