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ings I dined and spent on hour two very plea- santly at John Elliot's, where I had the company of many friends from different parts of the Con- tinent of America. In the afternoon I attended the second sitting of the yearly meeting; when the answers to the remaining queries were read; and several reports respecting the establishment of schools, and the instruction of the native Indians, where brought in and taken into consideration. 4th Month, 22th. At nine o'clock I attended the third sitting of the yearly meeting. After ap-pointing a committee to hear and judge of an appeal, the general epistle from the yearly meeting in London was read; and six thousand copies of it were ordered to be printed and distributed through the inferior meetings. Epistles from the different yearly meetings on this continent were also read. After meeting I dined at David Bacon's, in company with H. J. a friend who had devoted some years to the instruction of the Indians, in the useful arts of civilized life, during which time he dwelt amongst them on the banks of the Allegany River. From the conversation I had with this friend, as well as with others who had given up