make a little beer to support their spirits under
their discouraging prospect. Such is the altera-
tion that has taken place, that, at this time, the land
which was then thought insufficient for the support
of one family is now divided into several planta-
tions or farms, each of which is considered as
amply sufficient for the support of a family in
ease and even in affluence. One of these plan-
tations is that now belonging to W. J. and on
which he resides.

This night I lodged at P. P.'s. Here also I
met with a smart little Negro boy, who had been
stolen from his parents in Africa, and was placed
in this family by the Abolition Society. He had
the character of being a boy of a bright capacity;
and although not very communicative to his
master and mistress, he was open and free with
the children of the family, and would often, by
the fireside in the winter evenings, recite to them
the mournful story of his being made captive; with
many shocking circumstances that attended his
transportation in the slave ship; from which he
was liberated by an American ship of war.

After breakfast I set out for Merion

, in com-
pany with I. J. and in my way passed by the front
of Westown school. By his school is managed upon
a plan somewhat similar to that at Ackworth, but
with this difference, that the children of friends in