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tables were quickly turned in favor of the hog, which was rescued, and was in a fair way of re-covering from its wounds. 12th Month, 15th. I attended Elklands meet-ing. During the sitting of it, a company of hunters came in, and, leaving their rifle guns at the door, behaved in a becoming manner until the meeting broke up. 12th Month, 16th. I spent this day at my re- lation's. In the course of it I saw two of his men cut down a hemlock tree, which is a species of pine. This tree was 4 yards in circumference, and 50 yards in length; yet it was of but little value here. The timber which most abounds on this farm is the sugar maple, the beech, the locust, and the oak. This day I saw a family from near Derby, in England of the name of Lambert, who, I understood, were likely to do well. 12th Month, 17th. I rode from Elkands to Muncy, across the Allegany Mountains, in com- pany with J. H. and one of his neighbours. When near the top of the Allegany Mountains, we passed the company of hunters who had attended the meeting at Elklands. The principal objects of their pursuit were deer, although they had no ob- jection to meeting with a bear or a wolf. In passing down the Allegany Mountains, we came