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that may be alloted me. that thro’ heights and depths I may at seasons, be favour'd to partake, if but a crumb of that bread, that nourishes and strengthens the soul; is what my spirit earnestly breaths for- 6 mo 26th To her sister ES -- The recital of thy short excersion in the country revived a recent visit made by me to Cold Spring an Indian town- and I was led to view the contrast- As true a picture of mine cannot be formed in thy ideas, as thine can in mine-- however to make a begining -- As the cornfields have lately call'd the attention of the women from their spining it afforded us some leisure; and I seized the opportunity to visit them in their own houses- Jacob Taylor going on business to the town, and offer'd to escort me there-- when we came to the river an Indian with a canoe being there who cheerfully took us across- I had a pleasant walk up the river, viewing the