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Chapter XIV. Dunkers--A Barn--Piazzas--Management of Sheep-- Merion--Eclipse of the Sun--Summer Dress--James Simpson--Shad Fishery--Bee-eater--Wild Grapes--Crab Cyder--Hogs--Fire Flies.--Paper Mills--Chesnut Trees--Harvest--Ancient Deed--J. Rowland. Wood Felling.--Indian Corn. 6th Month, 8th, 1806. I attended the Valley meeting at which I noticed some of the Dunkers. They are a religious society who make a point of never taking off the beard. I observed a comely looking young man, whose beard had so luxuriant a growth, that it spread a considerable way over his breast, and gave him a very patriarchal ap- pearance. At the close of the meeting several friends invited me to their houses, but being pre-viously engaged, I accompanied M. R. and dined with him. After dinner he shewed me his barn, stables, &;c. which are the most complete I have seen either in England or America. The barn is of stone and stands on descending ground, having a south aspect. It is about 40 yards in length by 10 in breadth, and 9 yards high in front. Along the north side of the barn is a range of vaults which communicate with it, and are on the same level with the barn. The centre vault, which com-municates with the cow-house, is fitted up as a