hardened and corrupt Heart, and is an Evil, which demands the Care of all true Lovers of Virtue to suppress: And while my Mind, this Evening, was thus employed, I also remembered, that the People on the Frontiers, among whom this Evil is too common, are often poor; who venture to the Outside of a Colony, that they may live more independent on such as are wealthy, who often set high Rents on their Land: Being renewedly confirmed in a Belief, that, if all our Inhabitants lived according to sound Wisdom, labouring to promote universal Love and Righteousness, and ceased from every inordinate Desire after Wealth, and from all Customs which are tinctured with Luxury, the Way would be easy for our Inhabitants, though much more numerous than at present, to live comfortably on honest Employments, without having that Temptation they are often under of being drawn into Schemes to make Settlements on Lands which have not been purchased of the _Indians_, or of applying to that wicked Practice of selling Rum to them. On the tenth Day of the Month we set out early in the Morning, and crossed the Western Branch of _Delaware_, called the _Great Lehie_, near _Fort-Allen_; the Water being high, we went over in a Canoe: Here we met an _Indian_, and had some friendly Conversation with him, and gave him some Biscuit; and he having killed a Deer, gave the _Indians_ with us some of it: Then, after travelling some Miles, we met several _Indian_ Men and Women with a Cow and Horse, and some Household Goods, who were lately come from their Dwelling at _Wioming_, and going to settle at another Place; we made them some small Presents, and, some of them understanding _English_, I told them my Motive in coming into their Country, with which they appeared satisfied: And, one of our Guides talking a While with an ancient Woman concerning us, the poor old Woman came to my Companion and me, and took her Leave of us with an Appearance of sincere Affection. So, going on, we pitched our Tent near the Banks of the same River, having laboured hard in crossing some of those Mountains called the Blue-Ridge; and, by the Roughness of the Stones, and the Cavities between them, and the Steepness of the Hills, it appeared dangerous; but we were preserved in Safety, through the Kindness of him, whose Works in those mountainous Desarts appeared awful: Toward whom my Heart was turned during this Day's Travel.