Excerpt from the Memoir of the Rev. Jesse Lee (May 9, 1806)

1805-1809, Barking Exercise, Dancing Exercise, Diaries & Journals, Methodists

“[O]ne circumstance contributed not a little to interrupt the harmony of the meeting…, which was the wild enthusiasm displayed by a certain female…. [S]he exhibited at some times the jerking exercise, at other times the dancing exercise, and not unfrequently the [barking] exercise….”