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10th Month, 18th. I set out for Amboy, through the Jerseys. 10th Month, 19th. I came to South Amboy; some parts of the road were through a fruitful land, and others through a land almost as sandy and barren as the deserts of Arabia. 10th Month, 20th. I was unexpectedly detained at Amboy, the packet not arriving in time.-- This being first day, and there being no meeting near the place, I spent my time in walking along the sea shore, and observing the variety of marine productions that were spread along the coast. Having my little bible, it was not the least of gratifications, occasionally to sit down upon a piece of the wreck of some stranded vessel, which the stormy ocean had cast upon the beach, and read a page or two in that instructive volume. Whilst thus employed I could not help pitying that poor man of Borden Town, whose name I have recently mentioned, for having so unwisely deprived him-self of the great consolations which the Scriptures afford, by cultivating a disbelief of the truths which have been recorded for our comfort and instruction through time.--The situation of Amboy is peculiarly beautiful as to prospects. It com- mands a full view of the Neversink Mountains, and of the light-house at Sandy-Hook, by which vessels generally pass in going to and from New-