8. Deaths since the gathering of the
society, in 1792, 85.

"Our village is situated in the N. W. corner of the town, on the
western shore of _Mascomy Pond_, a pleasant sheet of water, of
nearly five miles in length, and half a mile average width. Our
village and home are pleasant to us, and are said to be so by
travellers. It is about ten miles S. E. from Dartmouth College,
forty N. W. from Concord, and one hundred from Boston.

"In all the families there are nearly thirty buildings, unadorned,
except with neatness, simplicity, and convenience, besides many
out-buildings. Among the buildings are one house of public
worship, one convenient school-house, three dwelling-houses, one
for each family, sufficiently large to accommodate us as places
for cooking, eating, sleeping, and retirement from labor, and
shops for the different branches of work. Our privilege for mills
is very small; consequently our machinery cannot be extensive. Yet
the little water that is running in small brooks, which can be
conveniently collected into artificial ponds, is improved, by
their emptying from one to another, and by the interspersion of
mills upon their discharging streams. We have three saw-mills, two
grist-mills, and some other machinery.

"As strangers, who many times wish to call, are frequently much
straitened and embarrassed by not knowing where to call, or what
to say, we should be pleased to have it particularly noticed, that
we have one building designated from the rest by the sign,
'Trustees' Office,' over the door, where strangers are received,
where our commercial business is transacted, and where civil
people wishing for information may freely obtain it, or be
directed where it can be obtained.

"In our occupation we are agriculturists and mechanics. The
products of the garden may be said to be as important as any;
which are principally seeds, herbs, &c., from which this section
of the country is chiefly supplied. Our manufactures are wooden
ware, such as tubs, pails, half-bushel and other measures, boxes,
&c.; also, whips, corn-brooms, leather, and various other
articles.

"We keep from 1200 to 1500 sheep, mostly Saxon and Merino, which
afford wool for our own wear, and is likewise a source of small
trade with us. We keep about eighty cows, which supply us with
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