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a quantity of tea, which had been gathered in the woods about his dwelling. It had much the ap-pearance and flavour of common bohea tea. 11th Month, 6th. I attended Nine Partners Quarterly Meeting. At this meeting there were three friends in the gallery, sitting near together, whose ages united made about 300 years. After meeting, we spent an hour or two in the school for friends' children, where the teachers kindly brought forward a few of their best readers, both boys and girls, and gave us a specimen of their abilities in that branch of learning. Some of them read well, and did credit to the institution. Amongst the teachers, I observed a young couple, who had been married some time: the husband was between 17 and 18 years old, and the wife a little older, but not much. One consequence of such early marriages is, that many generations are frequently seen living at the same time. The children of my acquaintance, John Biddle, of Philadelphia, are the seventh genera- tion; the female head of which family was a friend then living. In the afternoon I visited T. R. and his wife, in whose company we spent half an hour pleasantly. After leaving them, we set out for Stamford quarterly meeting, and lodged at A. S.'s. 11th Month, 7th. Came to P. U.'s, where I lodged. Here I saw several articles very neatly