through it, and no want of windows; and they with
the doors being thrown open, it gave a free and
lively circulation to the air, which is very reviving
in this climate.

After sitting a little time in the parlour, a cir-
cumstance occurred which I think I shall not soon
forget. We entered into general conversation,
after which a silent pause ensued; and as I sat
musing on the prospect of my voyage home, with
some little anxiety respecting the perils of it, a
friend of Philadelphia, who sometimes appears in
the ministry, broke the silence that prevailed, by
remarking that his mind had been occupied in
the consideration of my voyage, and that for my
encouragement he might say, he had a belief that
I should be favoured to arrive safe in my native
land, in two months from that time. No observa-
tion was now made on this intimation, but, on
reaching my lodgings, I wrote to my wife inform-
ing her of the circumstance, and that I trusted the
friend would prove a true prophet. My letter
reached her hands two or three weeks previously
to my landing.

After spending the morning as above related,
most of us attended a public meeting at German-
town

, about six or seven miles distant, and being
requested by T. F. I accompanied him with seve-
ral other friends to his country house, which he