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thousands of families ; for which reason I hope, in 

 a short time, it will be planted. This river is 

 much such another as Sapona, both seeming to 

 run a vast way up the country. Here is plenty of 

 good timber, and especially of a scaly barked oak ; 

 and as there is stone enough in both rivers, and 

 the land is extraordinary rich, no man that will 

 be content within the bounds of reason, can have 

 any grounds to dislike it. And they that are other- 

 wise are the best neighbors when farthest oft'. 



As soon as it was day we set out for the Acho- 

 nechy town, it being, by estimation, twenty miles 

 off, which I believe is pretty exact. We were got 

 about half way, (meeting great gangs of tur- 

 kies) when we saw at a distance, thirty loaded 

 horses, coming on the road, with four or five men, 

 on other jades driving them. "We charged our 

 pieces and went up to them ; enquiring whence 

 they came from ? they told us from Virginia. The 

 leading man's name was Massey, who was born 

 about Leeds in Yorkshire. He asked from whence 

 we came ? We told him. Then he asked again, 

 whether we wanted anything that he had ? telling 

 us we should be welcome to it. We accepted 

 of two wheaten biscuits, and a little ammunition. 

 He advised us by all means, to strike down the 

 country for Ronoack, and not think of Virginia, 

 because of the Sirmagers, of whom they were 

 afraid, though so well armed and numerous. They 

 persuaded us also to call upon one Enoe Will, as 

 we went to Adshueheer, for that he would conduct 



