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forward peaches, about six trees, I ob- 

 served, on the Sunday, great numbers of 

 people walking towards the orchard ; be- 

 ing only three miles from Baltimore, these 

 gentry had probably taken the journey 

 for amusement. I went immediately to 

 them to enquire their business : but there 

 was no necessity to ask ; for, before I got 

 there, they were in the orchard, pulling 

 peaches ; and they seemed to know the 

 forward trees better than I did. As my 

 unwelcome visitors pulled the peaches, 

 they bit them ; and such as they did not 

 like they threw away. When I enquired 

 what they wanted, their answer, given 

 in a very mild manner, was, that they were 

 only come to see if the peaches were ripe, 

 and to get some of them. ' I then asked 

 them if they supposed there was any 

 owner to that orchard. They replied, 

 "Yes, they supposed I was the tenant :" 

 and some of them said, that Mr. Smith 

 would not find fault with them for taking 

 the fruit. I soon let them know that the 



