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fore, the whole cart-load became mine. 

 Being told by the captain that we should 

 sail the next morning, and he expected to 

 be at Mount- Vernon in eleven hours, the 

 quantity was more than I wished for. But 

 it proved lucky: as we did not sail until the 

 Tuesday, w r hich was an interval of four 

 days, instead of two ; and hoping to meet 

 with hay at Mount- Vernon on better terms, 

 I did not choose to buy more than was 

 necessary to carry me to my destination. 

 The price was, a penny per pound. 



The cause of our putting into Norfolk 

 w T as, that when we were about thirty miles 

 south-west of Norfolk, lying at anchor, a 

 gale of wind came on and did the vessel 

 some damage, which we were obliged to 

 put-in to repair. On I uesday morning we 

 set sail : and in nine days reached Mount- 

 Vernon, instead of eleven hours ; having 

 head-winds or calms all the passage. 



About thirty miles down the river Po- 

 towmac, a gentleman, of the name of 

 Grimes, came up to us in his own boat. 



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