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11th Month, 1st. I spent this day pleasantly at Sunnyside. In the morning I went out with my cousin Charles into the woods, and caught an Ame- rican hare in a hollow tree; but we were obliged to hew down the tree before we could come at the prize. The American hare is not like either the hare or the rabbit of England, but has the appearance of a mixture of both. When the poor creature was taken, it cried like an infant. 11th Month, 2d. I remained at my relation's, and, in the afternoon, accompanied my cousin Samuel on the water, with a design of taking a minx, but we were disappointed. 11th Month, 3d. I attended Hudson meeting, and afterwards visited H. B.'s family from Eng- land, in company with my relations. 11th Month, 4th. I set out for Nine Partners Quarterly Meeting, accompanied by Charles Marriott and three of his sisters. We took our provisions with us in the coachee, and found the innkeepers very cheerfully spread a table, with a cloth and knives and forks, being well satisfied with the profit on the feed of our horses and the little liquor we drank. This being the general practice, it makes travelling more easy as to ex-pense; for the whole the innkeeper had to receive