34 JoTfRNAL.— March. [Part. I. 



Iionesty and kindness as a neighbour. Indeed, I have 

 ■pleasure in thinking of all my Botley neighbours, ex- 

 cept the Parson, who for their sakes, I wish, however, 

 was my neighbour noiv ; for here he might pursue his 

 calling very qxdetly. 



2. Open weather. Went to Bustleton, after haying 

 seen Messrs. Stevens and Pendrill, and advised 

 them to forward to me affidavits of what they knew about 

 Oliver, the spy of the Boroughmongers. 



3. Frost in the morning. Thaw in the day. 



4. Same weather in the night. Rain all day. 



5. Hard frost. Snow three inches deep. 



6. Hard frost. About as cold as a hard frost in Ja- 

 nuary in England. 



7. Same weather, 



8. Thaw. Dry and fine. 



9. Same weather. Took leave, I fear for ever, of 

 my old and kind friend, James Paul. His brother and 

 son promised to come and see me here. I have pledged 

 myself to transplant 10 acres of Indian Corn ; and, if 

 I write, in August, and say that it is good., Thomas 

 Paul has promised that he avjU come ; for, he thinks 

 that the scheme is a mad one. 



10. Same weather. — Mr. Varee, a son-in-law of 

 Mr. James Paul, brought me yesterday to another son- 

 in-law's, Mr. Ezra Toavnshend at Bibery. Here I 

 am amongst the thick of the Quakers, whose houses and 

 families pleased me so much formerly, and which plea- 

 sure is all novv revived. Here all is ease, plenty, and 

 cheerfulness. These people are never giggling, and 

 never in loio-spirits. Their minds, like their dress, are 

 simple and strong. Their kindness is shown more in 

 acts than in words. Let others say what they will, I 

 have uniformly found those whom I have intimatel}' 

 known of this sect, sincere and upright men ; and I 

 verily believe, that all those charges of hypocrisy and 

 craft, that we hear against Quakers, arise from a feel- 

 ing of envy ; envy inspired by seeing them possessed of 

 such abundance of all those things, which are the fair 

 fruits of care, industry, e^conomy, sobriety and order, 

 ami which are justly forbidden to the drunkard, the 

 glutton, the prodigal, and the lazy. As the day of my 



