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drank tea with John Parish, in company with B. J. Most of the afternoon we sat in the piazza in front of the house, at Woodside, where we had a fine view of Philadelphia, the Jerseys, and the intervening country. We were much entertained with the little Humming Birds, flying about the flowers near our seats. 8th Month, 27th. My business requiring that I should see a person who was at the Yellow Springs, I this day took a ride thither. At the inn where I breakfasted, which was the General Paoli Tavern, I met with a family who had landed a few days before in Philadelphia, and were now on their way to the Ohio. As they spoke neither English no French, I was unable to make out from what part of the continent of Europe they came; but, from their dress, I supposed from Switzerland. The men wore a plain jacket and trowsers, with very large shallow crowned hats; and the women had their hair plaited in long braids, which hung down their backs, with jackets and petticoats just the reverse of the fashions of the pre- sent day. Altogether they had the appearance of a stout, hardy race, and, in this company, I understand there were four generations. The master of the inn informed me that he had reason to believe they had a very large property with them, in the wag- gons in which they travelled. On my arrival at the Yellow Springs, I bathed and drank the waters,