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very little probability of that custom 

 changing for some time ; and especially 

 while they were employed in building 

 houses, paving streets, &c. I therefore 

 made known these sentiments to Colonel 

 Lyles ; and we dropped that scheme. In- 

 deed, I began to think of coming to Eng- 

 land again. 



After we had parted with the General, 



and viewed the lot, we returned to the 



tavern : where we found a gentleman 



from Washington county, General Sprigg, 



who was in search of me to buy some of 



the cattle, or all of them, and the hogs ; 



which he said were the best he had ever 



seen come from England, though he ^ad 



had some himself, and had seen a great 



many. He offered me a very good price 



for some of them. I had determined to 



sell every thing I had brought with me — 



(having soon, however, learnt that it was a 



dangerous place to sell any thing without 



having the money in hand) ; — for I had 



seen no land I thought good enough to 



