sidering to what pitch of indignation the minds
of the people were raised against him, it appeared
to be a very hazardous task to take the body from the
place of execution, surrounded by the great crowd
of spectators who were there assembled, to be
witnesses of the last struggles of their devoted
countryman. However, J. J. although but a boy,
undertook the task, and proceeding through the
multitude, without any attendant, went up to the
executioner, and demanding the body, brought it
off in a hearse, himself being the driver; and con-
ducted it safely to the relatives of the deceased.
His youth and the singularity of the circumstance,
seemed to command the respect of the multitude.

3d Month, 8th.

I came from Philadelphia

to
Merion. The sun now having considerable power,
I was struck with the loud chirping noise, that
issued from every little pond or pool of water, as
I passed along, which, I was informed, proceeded
from a species of lizard that inhabits those places,
and is commonly the first of the animal creation
to usher in the spring. The chirping of these
lizards in the spring, and of the tree-frog in sum-
mer, form no inconsiderable part of the rural
sounds we are accustomed to hear in America;
to which might be added the notes of various other
kinds of frogs; particularly of the deep toned bull
frog, which in a still summer's evening, when the
wind has been favourable, I have sometimes heard