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occurred. Ledyard was now again adrift after his 

 return, and was ready for some new adventure. 

 He had often heard that his family had relations in 

 England who were immensely rich; and he suddenly 

 conceived the singular project of visiting them for 

 the purpose of obtaining from them some advance- 

 ment in the world. 



He instantly started for ]STew York, where he 

 embarked on a vessel bound to Plymouth. Having 

 arrived at that port, he hastened to London. His 

 appearance was not such as to commend him to 

 strangers ; but having discovered his English rela 

 tions, he endeavored to obtain an interview, to in- 

 troduce himself to their acquaintance, and to profit 

 by their partiality. He failed ignominiously in all 

 his purposes. His rich relatives treated the unknown 

 foreigner with suspicion and contempt; and soon 

 Ledyard's haughty spirit induced him to repay their 

 indignities with other indignities equally great. 

 ISTever was Ledyard known to have reached such 

 a pitch of resentment and fury as that which he 

 displayed on this occasion. 



His condition was now again friendless and mise- 

 rable. A stranger in a strange land, he was sur- 

 rounded by poverty and gloom. But Ledyard's in- 

 trepidity of mind in the midst of calamities was 

 one of his most prominent and remarkable charac- 



