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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 



