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that he knew very well, and that when 

 breakfast was over we would have our 

 horses and ride to his house — it being in the 

 way to the Doctor's farm, which he pro- 

 posed shewing me. I thought Wilmington 

 one of the prettiest situations I had seen in 

 America, and it looked like good land ; but 

 when I came to view it, it was little better 

 than the rest of the country. After seeing 

 the Doctor's farm we called on Mr John 

 Mills ; who is a Scotchman, and a man of 

 good sense : but when I opened my busi- 

 ness to him, he said he was not the sub- 

 scriber ; it was his son who was then in the 

 West-Indies : — therefore we parted, and I 

 dined with the Doctor. 



Very unexpectedly, I received an invita- 

 tion to go to see Mr. Mills ; and was high- 

 ly entertained and very hospitably received 

 by him : for, being travelling in the stage- 

 coaches, I was disappointed of a conveyance, 

 and thus stayed there two days and nights. 

 During that time I viewed his farm ; which 

 was reckoned good land, but I found it 

 poorer than I expected. He told me how 



