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orchard was mine, and not Mr. Smith's : 

 and I insisted on their quitting the place, 

 and not coming there again. I expos- 

 tulated with them, saying, '^ You seem to 

 be sailors : probably I shall be in want of 

 ropes and canvas ; if I come to your ship 

 and take what I have occasion for, will 

 you not be offended ?'* In return, they 

 used the most insulting language, such 

 as calling me an English convict, with 

 every angry expression they could invent ; 

 but, after many w^ords, I got rid of them. 

 Having a great number of visitors of the 

 same kind, and frequently some difficulty 

 to prevent them from pulling the fruit ia 

 my presence, and carrying it away, I ap-^ 

 plied to a justice of the peace, to know 

 if it would be worth my while to make an 

 example of a few of them. He behaved 

 very politely, kindly asked me to drink a 

 glass of wine, &c. and told me that their 

 laws were the very same as the laws in 

 England, but said he vrould not advise 

 me to endeavour to bring offenders to 



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