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He had some little time before shot a man 

 who was going across his plantation; and 

 had been tried for so doing, but not 

 punished. He came aboard, and behaved 

 very politely to me : and it being near din- 

 ner-time, he would have me go ashore and 

 dine with him; which I did. He gave me 

 some grape-juice to drink, which he called 

 Port wine, and entertained me with saying 

 he made it himself: it was not to my taste 

 equal to our Port in England, nor even 

 strong beer ; but a hearty welcome makes 

 every thing pleasant, and this he most 

 cheerfully gave me. He showed me his 

 garden ; the produce of which, he told me, 

 he sold at Alexandria, a distance of thirty 

 miles. His garden was in disorder : and so 

 was every thing else I saw about the place ; 

 except a favourite stallion, which was in 

 very good condition a pretty figure of a 

 horse, and of proper size for the road, about 

 fifteen hands high. He likewise showed 

 me some other horses, brood-mares and 

 foals, young colts, &c. of rather an useful 



