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every one that they had got a great bargain, 

 and many others wished they had had it. 

 They picked about one-half of them, and 

 carried them to Baltimore : but, alas ! they 

 gave up the business, saying they could not 

 make wages, although they at first had said 

 that they would certainly take every peach, 

 intending, if the market should not suit, to 

 carry them to the stills, &c. I was in hopes 

 all this exertion would make this bargain 

 successful, as four pence per peck would 

 pay much better than to give them to hogs, 

 as I have no knowledge of what number a 

 hog will eat. Seeing this scheme frustrat- 

 ed, and thinking it a sin and a shame to 

 see such a number of fine peaches rot on 

 the ground, I mounted my horse, and rode 

 to the stills, as there were many small ones 

 within three or four miles of mc in the 

 country. They have been erected for this 

 use ; but many of them are never used 

 after the first year; and I am of an opinion 

 that they probably will not pay expences. 

 The men at the stills were civil enough : 



