joined a Calvinist Baptist Church. This man was very friendly, and rendered me great assistance while there. He was a man of property, a justice of the peace, and one that bore public testimony to the cause of religion. A Congregational Missionary preached that day. After meeting I conversed with a man that belonged to the Congregational church in that place, who lived some distance from the city. I asked him if he thought the people would be willing for me to hold a meeting at the meeting house. He thought not-they would if I had a liberal education, and was qualified as a missionary. But for a mechanic to preach or think to get the approbation of the people was out of the question. I told him the Lord in ancient times, sent forth unlearned fishermen to preach. his gospel; and that it was the Spirit of God that made them able ministers of the New Testament, and that the woe was upon them if they did not preach. That I felt it my duty to preach to the people of Darien, if I preached in the street. I obtained liberty to hold a meeting at the house of Benj. Smith, the next Sabbath evening. I went in the day to hear the missionary, and requested James Smith, to make the appointment for the evening meeting. At the close of the services, Mr. Smith said to the Congregation-My friends, I am requested to inform you, that a young man from the North, is to preach this evening at Mr. Benj. Smith's, in this city. I expect to attend the meeting, and I wish for all to attend, as the young man is a mechanic, without a liberal education, and it is not common for us to hear

such preach in this place. At the commencement of the evening the people gathered from all parts of the place to hear the stranger. The chief magistrates and rulers, and a number of Jews and some other nations were present.— Many came that could not get into the house. At this time I felt assisted by the Spirit and power of God, to speak to the people. After I had done speaking, Mr. Smith arose as a witness to the truth he had heard, and exhorted the people to repent and turn to God with full purpose of heart; he was followed by a young man from New-York, who gave glory to God, that he had given me boldness to warn the people of that place. A young man from NewLondon arose and exhorted the people to turn to the Lord and seek salvation; and a brother from Massachusetts, exhorted and prayed with the Spirit of God. At the close of the meeting, a young man came forward and said, my friends, I never was in a meeting like this be fore. I now see myself a sinner, and I want that religion these men have spoke of this evening. He then desired me to pray for him.He kneeled down with me in the presence of the people, while prayer was offered to God for the young man. Truly we might say this was a glorious meeting, and by many never to be forgotten. On my way home, a gentleman took me by the hand and said, I am a friend to the cause of religion and to you, I find the chief rulers of the city have heard you this night, and are your friends, and will protect you, and your meetings shall not be disturbed. The next morping a man sent me the key of the church, and

gave liberty to hold meetings when I pleased, if I could obtain any one to ring the bell. This was the same that objected, as before mentioned, on the ground of my being unqualified. I began to think there was nothing like perseverance in a good cause. The next Sunday I held a meeting at brother Smith's, where brethren of different denominations attended-and we agreed to meet together, as a band of brethren, while we should stay in the place, and that difference of sentiment should not mar our union, and that each one should have the opportunity to speak as the Lord should direct. We held meetings in this way for about six months, and the Lord blest us in our worship.

After I had been in Darien a short time, Mr. Smith invited me to go with him into the wilderness about 25 miles, and have a meeting at a log meeting-house. The people in these woods get their living chiefly by hunting; their houses are built mostly of logs. In these woods I found many who sincerely loved the Saviour. They told me it was over two years since a travelling preacher had been there-but that a few years before, some Baptist and Methodist brethren visited them, and a great work of the Lord took place, and that hundreds were bro't out of nature's darkness into God's marvellous light. Truly the wilderness was made to bud and blossom as the rose, and the solitary places were made to rejoice in the goodness of God, while songs of praise sounded through this desert land. Those Christians that I saw here at this time, were the happy subjects of that glorious revival. Some came on foot 15

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miles, barefoot, that day, to attend meeting, many of them aged persons, of both sexes. It ought to make us who have but a short distance to travel to the house of worship, ashamed that we many times make such frivolous excuses to keep at home. I hope those who read this will think how these old pilgrims felt when travelling over the sand banks 15 miles, to get to meeting; that they may no longer neglect their duty, and the privilege they enjoy. I continued witht hese people as long as I stayed in Georgia. Brother Smith let me have his horse without pay when I went to preach to them.

A part of this extensive country of woods is low flat land, the wood of different kinds, such as live oak, cyprus and tall pines, which grow very thick together. The grass that grows under these trees is of a coarse kind; the cattle live on it through the year, and are generally small and poor, unless they are fed with corn. I asked a man that had a number of them, how he did to find them when they strayed away. He told me they set fire in the woods and burn over considerable ground. The cattle would smell the fire and be in search of the place, because shortly after the fire, young and tender grass would spring up from the grounds thus burnt over, which the cattle were more fond of, and whenever the wind was fair to carry the scent of the burnt ground to them, they would immediately gather to the spot. The people that live in these woods are of the different nations of the earth; they spend much of their time in hunting in the woods, which abound with deer, wild hogs and fowls of different

kinds. These they carry to the markets in the cities and towns on the rivers. I have often seen young females come to market with an ox tackled to a wagon made of split cyprus withed together, having different kinds of meat to sell. After disposing of the load, they purchase such produce and clothing as they need, and return home singing through the woods, to their friends.

A part of the State of Georgia, in the back country, I am told, is uneven land, the water good, and it is as healthy as in the Northeru States. The land near the rivers is very rich and fertile, but the water is very poor, which i think is the principal cause of sickness in the summer months. The low flat land next to the rivers produces an abundance of cotton, rice and sugar cane. I do not think it could ever be tilled, had it not been for the Africans; for the extreme heat of the climate cannot be endured by the white people, to labour in the hot season. It is a blessing to our nation that the soil at the south is cultivated, but those who do the service ought not to be cruelly treated. The female slaves labour in the field the same as the men. They carry their infant children to the field with them, and lay them down under a tree till they hoe across the field and hack, then purse them, and so persevere in their labours through the day. After their work is done in the field, they pound or grind their corn in the evening, for the next day, and one peck is their allowance for a week and I was told they had no meat nor fish allowed them-nothing but the bare hominy boiled in