gress was retarded, so that we were benighted in
very dark thick woods, and were obliged to alight.
There, tying up our horses to the trees, with much
difficulty we kindled a fire, and lay on the ground,
which, with our clothes, were wet with rain. We
kept up our fire, got a little sleep, wishing for day,
and were glad when it appeared. We left Abraham
Laing>

with his tired horse about eight miles back,
where there is a small cabin in the woods.

7th.

Mounted our horses before sun-rise, and
rode two miles to the Block-house

, where we took
breakfast, and gave our horses as much oats as we
thought would be useful. Being thus refreshed, we
set out, leaving Abraham Laing to come on as well
as he could, in hopes that he may overtake us at
Muncy. We rode seventeen miles to James Kyle's,
and dined — thence fourteen miles to our friend
Samuel Harris's, at Loyalsock, where John Parrish
and myself lodged, leaving Jacob Lindley and John
Elliott five miles hack to get their horses shod. —
Here we heard of great sickness in Philadelphia.

8th.

First of the week. After breakfast, Jacob
Lindley

and John Elliott came up, and we went to
Muncy meeting. Here we met with a number of
our dear friends. This seemed very pleasant, and
we had a solid, favoured time together. After which
we went to our friend Samuel Wallace's and dined,
then disposed of ourselves in several places to lodge.
I went to Henry Parker's. We all felt a little of
the effects , of lying in the damp woods in our wet
clothes, and hard travelling for two days past, with
rough roads, and crossing many creeks; one called
Trout run, we crossed thirty times, and Lycoming
creek seven times — with several large mountains,