FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE LATE MARGARET WOODS, FROM THE YEAR 1771 TO 1821. "All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change SECOND EDITION. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY JOHN & ARTHUR ARCII, CORNHILL W. ALEXANDER AND SON, YORK; AND DAVEY AND MUSKETT, BRISTOL, 1830. Woods PUBLIC LIBRARY 196854A ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R 1925 L C. BAYNES, Printer, Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. PREFACE. THE Manuscript, from which the following pages are extracted, was bequeathed by the writer to her daughter and grand-daughters, with views which may be best explained in her own words; "Not that I consider them as containing any thing new, or particularly valuable, but because I think the remarks made by one for whom we retain an affectionate remembrance, are often more attended to, than those of persons to whom we are indifferent.” ? < Those who have received consolation and encouragement from the perusal of this Manuscript, believe that their estimate of its value is not derived solely from their own feelings of love and respect for the Author, เ |