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exactness and concern as he does his own ; all seeming to 

 share in the misfortunes, and rejoice in the advance and rise 

 of their brethren." 



Of these Frenchmen, who were destined to affect 

 so powerfully the social condition of lower Carolina, 

 it were to be wished that our traveller had given 

 some particulars in addition to the above. He 

 mentions having stopped at four houses : those of 

 Mr. Huger, the ancestor of the numerous family of 

 that name ; of Mr. Gaillard, sen., and Mr. Gaillard, 

 jr., and of Mr. Gendron. 



The name of this last gentleman is extinct, but 

 his blood flows in the veins of a numerous posterity. 

 We, long ago, found a copy of his will, by which it 

 appears that he had a son and five daughters. These 

 married, respectively, Mr. Cordes, Mr. Porcher, 

 Mr. Huger, and Mr. Prioleau. To each of them 

 he bequeaths a sum of money and some articles of 

 housekeeping, particularly feather-beds. To a fifth 

 daughter, who was yet unmarried (qui reste a 

 marier) he leaves a double portion. Tradition has 

 married her to a Mr. Douxsaint, without posterity. 

 His son, John, was his residuary legatee ; and to 

 him he leaves his coopers' tools, his slaves, both 

 negroes and Indians, and, among other enumerated 

 articles, his swivels or cannons. Why a private 

 citizen should be in possession of swivels is not 

 very easily explained. It has been suggested that 

 about the year 1 704, when the colony was at war 



