pier than could be expected in such a situation.
They behaved with great kindness to me; and it
appeared a gratification to them to entertain an
Englishman.

12th Month, 2d.

This morning I had the com-
pany of W. S. a minister of our society, belonging
to Pelham monthly meeting, in this neighbour-
hood. He kindly invited me to his house, to spend
a few days with him, but I could not conveniently
accept his invitation. In the forenoon I paid
another visit to the Falls, and it being a dark cloudy
day, the whole view had a more gloomy and solemn
aspect. There being none of the glare and glitter
of the sunshine, the eye could rest steadily upon
it; and, having a pencil and paper with me, I
took a sketch of the scene.

In the evening I came to D. P.'s of Black Creek
meeting

, at whose house I lodged. This is a plea-
sant situation, on the banks of Lake Erie; and
D. P.'s establishment presents an agreeable spe-
cimen of a Back Wood family. In the room
where we breakfasted, was a loom for weaving;
in another apartment were spinning wheels, and
some of the girls actively platting straw and mak-
ing it into hats and bonnets for the family. In
addition to our tea and toast, we had excellent
broiled fish taken in the Lake, where they easily