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sions; amongst them, were one Senator, four Judges, and four Magistrates, who all behaved in a becoming manner. This friend is far advanced in years, and much esteemed by friends in Phila-delphia and the neighbourhood; yet he follows the occupation of a broom-maker, and frequently comes down to that city in a handsome little car-riage, loaded with his manufactory. Although a broom-maker may be accounted a mean occu- pation with some men, yet few pastors stand higher in the estimation of their flock than he does. 6th Month, 16th. This day was remarkable for an almost total eclipse of the sun. About eleven o'clock in the forenoon, I passed along the road from my lodgings to H. B.'s, when all seemed as quiet as at midnight; some stars appearing, and the birds being gone to roost. Although not so dark as it commonly is in the night, yet there was something awful in the stillness and appearance of the scene, there being scarcely a breath of air stirring. The portion of the sun that was visible, was only about a 24th part, and it cast a faint glimmering light through the leaves of the trees, the shadows of which appeared like shell-work upon the ground. 6th Month, 26th. The weather now becoming warm, I had noticed several little boys and girls come to the meeting at Merion, without shoes and