sions; amongst them, were one Senator, four
Judges, and four Magistrates, who all behaved in
a becoming manner. This friend is far advanced
in years, and much esteemed by friends in Phila-
delphia and the neighbourhood; yet he follows
the occupation of a broom-maker, and frequently
comes down to that city in a handsome little car-
riage, loaded with his manufactory. Although
a broom-maker may be accounted a mean occu-
pation with some men, yet few pastors stand higher
in the estimation of their flock than he does.

6th Month, 16th.

This day was remarkable for
an almost total eclipse of the sun. About eleven
o'clock in the forenoon, I passed along the road
from my lodgings to H. B.'s, when all seemed as
quiet as at midnight; some stars appearing, and
the birds being gone to roost. Although not so
dark as it commonly is in the night, yet there was
something awful in the stillness and appearance of
the scene, there being scarcely a breath of air
stirring. The portion of the sun that was visible,
was only about a 24th part, and it cast a faint
glimmering light through the leaves of the trees,
the shadows of which appeared like shell-work
upon the ground.

6th Month, 26th.

The weather now becoming
warm, I had noticed several little boys and girls
come to the meeting at Merion

, without shoes and