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float an egg, it soon extracts all the fat; and dis- solves the gristly parts in the course of a day or two. The bones are then taken out, and the liquor is left near the fire, and kept to a gentle boiling heat, or near it, another day or two; or until the liquor has attained a ropy consistency. It will then answer all the purposes of soap; and, if a proper quantity of common salt be added, it hardens and becomes real soap. Many families in America never use any other kind. 4th Month, 21st. I came to Philadelphia, and attended the first sitting of the yearly meeting, which began at ten o'clock this morning. The number of friends attending was great; but it would be difficult to form a correct estimate of the whole; yet I suppose there were not less than two thousand men friends present. One of the door- keepers at Arch-street meeting-house, where the women friends assembled to transact their busi-ness, had the curiosity to count them as they came out; and found that upwards of nineteen hundred females had been assembled there. After open-ing the meeting, friends proceeded to answer the queries, and went through seven of them. It was pleasant to observe that a large proportion of those who attended were young persons; to whom many instructive observations were made. After an agreeable sitting of about two hours, the meet- ing adjourned until the afternoon. Between meet-