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are seldom destroyed by that insect. On 

 the whole he concluded, there was nothing 

 to be got by growing wheat in that part of 

 the country. — He shewed me his sheep ; 

 which were from the Cape of Good Hope> 

 and as fine as ever I saw of that sort, and 

 in good condition : but the number, 

 though six hundred acres of land in the 

 farm, was only sixteen sheep. In general, 

 the sheep kept are merely to grow wool for 

 making negroes' stockings, a little lamb and 

 mutton for themselves, and some few for 

 the butcher ; as no part of America is 

 proper for sheep, that I ever saw. 



I again returned to Baltimore ; and met 

 with a Mr. O'Donnell, who, having been 

 informed of me, desired me to be intro- 

 duced to him — being himself confined to 

 his bed with the gout. Though I had be- 

 gun to entertain a very low opinion of the 

 American lands, he still lowered it more ; 

 for he told me that he had brought between 

 sixty and seventy thousand pounds sterling 

 from the East-Indies into America, and 



