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a more satisfactory proof of its being im- 

 possible for a man to enrich himself by 

 cultivating land in America, than this, as 

 Mr. Gough is in every respect calculated to 

 get money, and keep it ; and no man can 

 have paid greater attention ; and he has all 

 his work done by negroes. Mr. Gough 

 had made a present to General Washington 

 of a bull-calf. The animal was shown to 

 me when I first landed at Mount-Vernon, 

 and was the first bull I saw in the country. 

 He was large, and very strong- featured ; 

 the largest part was his head, the next his 

 legs. The General's steward was a Scotch- 

 man, and no judge of animals — a better 

 judge of distilling whiskey. Mr. Gough 

 had very great quantities of fruit, particu- 

 cularly apples, which he sold at three dollars 

 and a half the barrel, viz, two bushels and a 

 half. He likewise made cyder, which he 

 sold at two dollars per barrel. He kept 

 sheep, of the sort from the Cape of Good- 

 Hope. He had iams of that kind for sale; 

 but they are much disliked. He told me 



