Chapter IV: Part 4

Patrick would gladly, after the absence and labours of many years, have once more visited his relations and his old friends in his native Britain and in Gaul, but he sacrificed his inclination to the higher calling. "I would gladly," he says, "have journeyed to my fatherland and my parents, and also once more have visited my brethren in Gaul, that I might have seen again the countenances of the saints of my Lord; God knows I longed for it much, but I am restrained by the Spirit, who witnesseth to me, that if I do this, He will hold me guilty, and I fear lest the work I have commenced should fall to the ground."

TABLE

_Shewing the Deaths, at different Ages, in the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland, during the years _1847-48, and 1848-49, 1849- 50.

AGE. YEAR 1847-48. YEAR 1848-49. YEAR 1849-50. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Under 1 year 13 10 23 14 10 24 5 8 13 {129} Under 5 years 22 23 45 20 17 37 8 11 19 From 5 years to 10 7 9 16 4 4 8 2 6 8 From 10 to 15 7 7 14 3 3 6 0 2 2 From 15 to 20 7 13 20 9 10 19 2 7 9 From 20 to 30 13 16 29 13 13 26 9 6 15 From 30 to 40 6 13 19 11 19 30 6 12 18 From 40 to 50 13 15 28 10 24 34 9 14 23 From 50 to 60 14 12 26 9 25 34 12 17 29 From 60 to 70 23 25 48 29 37 66 21 30 51 From 70 to 80 28 58 86 24 44 68 33 40 73 From 80 to 90 21 26 47 16 33 49 22 22 44 From 90 to 100 3 6 9 4 8 12 2 4 6 All ages 164 223 387 152 237 389 131 179 310

Footnotes:

{2} See Memoir at the end of the Obituary.

{129} The numbers in this series are included in the text, "under 5 years."

Average age in 1847-48, 48 years, 11 months, and 25 days.

Average age in 1848-49, 51 years, 3 months, and 22 days.

Average age in 1849-50, 54 years, and 9 months.