be devoted to spinning knitting &c
an increas of exertion on their part
would be satisfactory, but pati-
ence on ours is necessary.

Not in the other

5 mo 24th

To her parents. -- I have
been thinkin whether in my situa-
tion, it would not be advisable to
request of our kind friend Francis King

the liberty of making his house my
home, for a part of this summer,
where I could have the company of
my own sort of people. but upon
weighing the prospect the preponder-
ating scale was in favour of remain
ing in my present place. I hope
you will not be uneasy about me. my
health is mostly good, and my
mind resign'd, for which favours
I am truly thankful. The pro-
posed visit from some of you cre
ates pleasant sensations, but when
I view the distance, the roughness of